THE  AUTHOR. 


THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL 

History 


OF  THE 


Southern  University 


1856-1906 


By  Daniel  P.  Christenberry 


GRKENSBOKO,  ALA.: 

D.  P.  Christenberry,  Publisher 

1908 


Copyright  1908 

BY  DANIEL  P.  CHRISTP^NBERRY 


Printed  by 

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Montgomery 


To  My 

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A  Tribute. 


It  requires  great  wisdom  and  industry  to 
advance  a  considerable  estate,  much  art  and 
contrivance  and  pains  to  raise  a  great  and 
regular  building;  but  the  greatest  and  no- 
blest work  in  the  world,  and  an  effect  of  the 
greatest  prudence  and  care,  is  to  rear  and 
build  up  a  man,  and  to  form  and  fashion 
him  to  piety  and  justice,  and  temperance, 
and  all  kinds  of  honest  and  worthy  action. 
— Tillotson. 


PREFACE 


The  sources,  for  the  most  part,  consulted  in  the  prepa- 
ration of  this  sketch  were :  The  minutes  of  the  trustees 
from  the  time  of  chartering ;  the  minutes  of  the  Alabama, 
Mobile,  and  Montgomery  Conferences ;  the  minutes  of  the 
faculty ;  the  Alumni  minutes ;  Fraternity  and  Literary  So- 
ciety minutes ;  the  Semi-Centennial  issue  of  the  Southern 
University  "Review  and  Bulletin"  April  15,  1906,  F.  M. 
Dominick,  Editor;  Anson  West's  History  of  Methodism 
in  Alabama;  McTyeire's  History  of  Methodism;  Irby's 
History  of  Randolph-Macon  College;  Jones's  History  of 
Methodism  in  Mississippi;  the  Memorial  Record  of  Ala- 
bama ;  the  Journal  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Alabama ; 
Conversations  with  Rev.  J.  M.  Patton,  Rev.  E.  M.  Tur- 
ner, R.  H.  Jackson,  Col.  Geo.  Erwin,  Col.  L.  J.  Lawson, 
Dr.  S.  M.  Hosmer,  and  other  persons  living  and  taking 
part  in  the  events  recorded. 

I  gratefully  acknowledge  the  assistance  of  Messrs  W. 
E.  W.  Yerby  and  E.  S.  Jack  in  preparing  this  for  press, 
and  F.  M.  Dominick,  J.  H.  Williams,  and  C.  D.  Daniels 
for  valuable  contributions. 

A  few  articles  are  included  with  the  authors'  names. 


I  wish  to  express  my  appreciation  to  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation and  to  the  Faculty  for  the  honor  conferred  upon 
me  by  their  joint  action  in  appointing  me  historian  for 
this,  our  Semi-Centennial  Occasion.  I  assure  you,  that 
while  the  work  has  been  laborious,  it  has  been  pleasant 
— a  labor  of  love.  I  am  not  the  first  to  be  asked  to  write 
the  history.  Several  were  appointed  to  write  it  for  An- 
son  West's  "History  of  Methodism  in  Alabama."  But 
all  who  have  read  the  short  sketch  therein,  know  that  it 
is  not  from  one  who  was  in  close  touch  and  sympathy 
with  the  Institution. 

Some  colleges  celebrate  the  chartering;  some  the  lay- 
ing of  the  corner-stone;  some  the  opening;  and  some  the 
first  commencement.  Most  of  them,  however,  celebrate 
the  occasion  we  are  now  celebrating — the  year  of  char- 
tering. 

Until  very  recent  times  all  education  was  religious,  and 
under  the  control  of  the  priesthood.  Secular  education 
—so  called — is  a  modern  product — an  American  product 
—not  having  passed  through  the  experimental  stage.  In 
all  history,  France  and  America  are  about  the  only  ex- 
amples of  the  divorcement  of  education  and  religion.  The 
Revolution  was  the  result  in  France.  Virtually  all  Asia 
and  Europe  still  cling  to  the  idea  that  religious  instruc- 
tion, is  the  essential  part  of  education.  Judging  by  the 
amount  of  blood  and  treasure — I  do  not  speak  ironically 


10  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

— spent  in  America  for  the  founding  of  schools  and  col- 
leges under  religious  auspices,  the  conviction  is  still 
strong  among  us. 

Both  Yale  and  Harvard,  now  decidedly  non-sectarian, 
if  not  non-religious,  were  founded  by  clergymen  avowedly 
in  the  interest  of  the  church.  So  it  was  with  most  of  the 
colleges  past,  as  well  as  of  those  present.  About  two- 
thirds  of  the  colleges  of  America  are  denominational. 
In  the  South,  according  to  Henry  Nelson  Snyder,  Presi- 
dent of  Wofford  College,  S.  C.,  there  are  $7,213,962  more 
invested  in  denominational  colleges  and  their  equipment 
than  in  those  of  the  State.  Of  forty-eight  per  cent  of 
these  colleges,  as  tabulated  by  the  Educational  Board, 
fifteen  are  marked  "State  attitude  unfriendly." 

This  leads  us  to  seek  the  genius  and  spirit  that  prompt 
the  founding  of  schools  owned  by  the  church.  The  differ- 
ence in  the  aims  of  secular  and  religious  schools  may  be 
seen  by  a  comparison  of  their  charters. 

"Lands  are  appropriated,"  says  the  first  charter  of 
Alabama,  referring  to  the  founding  of  the  State  Univer- 
sity, "for  the  support  of  a  Seminary  of  learning  for  the 
promotion  of  arts,  literature,  and  sciences."  Legally  no 
attention  must  be  given  to  morals  and  religion.  In  the 
charter  of  the  Southern  University,  which,  also,  is  a  part 
of  the  Constitution  of  Alabama,  are  these  words:  "The 
Alabama  Conference  has  resolved  to  establish  an  institu- 
tion of  learning  for  the  promotion  of  literature,  science, 
morality  and  religion." 

Further  distinctive  reasons  are  given  for  the  existence 
of  religious  schools  in  the  reports  adopted  by  the  Alabama 
Conference  at  its  various  sessions. 

We  quote: — "Its  (S.  U.)  main  object  is  to  set  God,  His 
attributes,  and  government  before  the  minds  of  our  edu- 
cated young  men  and  fill  them  with  the  Spirit  of  Jesus 
Christ."  "The  cultivation  of  the  intellect,  apart  from  the 
moral  and  spiritual,  is  not  an  end  to  be  desired."  "The 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  11 

Christian  College  is  the  bulwark  of  the  Christian 
Church."  (A.  S.  Andrews  Chairman  of  Ed.  Com.,  1859.) 

"The  education  which  the  state  gives  by  its  constitu- 
tion is  necessarily  non-religious."  "Rationalism,  evolu- 
tion, nondescript  scepticism  are  being  widely  disseminat- 
ed in  various  forms."  "To  counteract  this  influence  is  our 
imperative  duty."  (G.  M.  Sellers,  Chr.  Ed.  Com. 
1900-01.) 

If  these  were  the  only  reasons  for  denominational 
schools,  all  churches  might  unite  on  certain  institutions 
and  be  able  to  enjoy  the  advantages  found  in  well-en- 
dowed secular  institutions  with  their  great  and  renown- 
ed faculties,  libraries,  and  costly  equipments;  but  these 
are  not  the  only  reasons.  They  exist  not  only  to  inculcate 
the  universal  principles  of  religion,  but  also  to  emphasize 
some  definite  phase  of  truth  and  faith.  This  idea  is  borne 
out  in  the  report  written  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Andrews  and  adopt- 
ed by  the  Conference  in  1876: — 

"If  we  would  succeed  as  we  ought,  we  must  retain  our 
family  likeness,  and  preserve  our  peculiar  faith  and  prac- 
tice. We  must  preach  them  around  our  firesides,  through 
our  publications,  and  in  our  institutions  of  learning.  In 
all  these,  and  everywhere  we  should  have  one  faith,  one 
standard  of  experience,  and  one  line  of  duty.  To  do  this 
we  must  stand  together.  The  church  that  does  not  fur- 
nish educational  advantages  to  its  children,  will  in  a  few 
generations  be  a  thing  of  the  past."  Dr.  A.  H.  Mitchell 
in  the  sermon,  1855,  that  inaugurated  the  movement  to 
establish  a  Conference  College,  protested  that  his  people 
should  not  be  fed  on  "the  husks  of  Calvinism."  These 
words  seem  harsh  to  us  of  today,  yet  is  not  such  a  senti- 
ment still  alive?  The  Presbyterians  are  taking  up  the 
gauntlet  at  Anniston  to  guard  their  people  against  the 
"husks  of  Armenianism." 

None  believe  more  in  denominational  schools  than  the 
Methodists.  Since  the  founding  of  Kingswood  by  Wes- 


12  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

ley,  they  have  been  foremost  in  the  work.  They  were 
the  first  to  found  on  American  soil  colleges,  both  male 
and  female.  (A.  H.  Mitchell.) 

Wesley  proposed  that  his  doctrine  should  live;  and  he 
organized  societies  and  schools  to  fix  it  in  the  brains  and 


DR.  ARCHELUS  H.  MITCHELL. 

Born  Clarke  Co.  Ga.,  1807.  Graduated  University,  Ga.,  1828. 
President  Centenary  Male  and  Female  Institute,  Summer- 
field,  Ala.,  1843-'5.  Charter  member  Board  Trustees. 
Served  on  the  Board  and  attended  all  the  meetings  until 
not  long  before  his  death  at  97  years  of  age.  He  was  one 
of  the  church's  greatest  champions  of  religious  education. 

hearts  of  his  people.  This  doctrine,  as  stated  by  Mc- 
Tyeire's  History  of  Methodism,  is  as  follows : — "The  doc- 
trine of  conscious  conversion,  and  of  a  direct  witness  of 
the  Spirit,  testifying  to  the  heart  of  the  believer  that  he 
is  the  child  of  God."  Rom.  8 :16.  As  expressed  by  Charles 
Wesley, — we  have  it: — 


•'No  man  can  truly  say  that  Jesus  is  the  Lord, 

Unless  thou  take  the  veil  away,  and  breathe  the  living  Word. 

Then,  only  then,  we  feel  our  interest  in  His  blood, 

And  cry  with  joy  unspeakable,  Thou  art  my  Lord,  my  God," 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  13 

In  other  words  the  church  in  her  schools  would  hold 
up  to  youth  spiritual  or  eternal  ideals  as  opposed  to  ma- 
terial or  temporal.  She  would  minify  the  money  value 
of  culture  and  talent  and  magnify  the  service  value — 
service  not  for  self,  but  for  humanity.  She  would  teach 
that  acquisitiveness  is  an  animal  instinct,  and  should  be 
curbed  rather  than  cultivated — that  the  mind  of  man 
should  find  its  greatest  delights  in  things  sweeter,  richer, 
higher,  and  holier  than  ease,  wealth,  and  honor.  With- 
out these  ideals  the  school  under  church  control  is  worse 
than  useless. 

In  1824  the  General  Conference  adopted  a  resolution 
recommending  that  each  conference  establish  a  Seminary 
of  learning  under  its  regulations  and  patronage.  This 
resolution  helps  to  account  for  the  long  list  of  colleges 
dead  and  alive  along  the  line  of  the  Church's  march.  With 
the  present  population  and  rapid  influx  this  resolution 
might  be  wisely  carried  out  notwithstanding  the  popular 
cry  for  consolidation,  confederation,  and  unwieldly  com- 
bines. 

Five  male  colleges  have  been  established  by  the  Meth- 
odists of  Alabama;  LaGrange  College,  North  Alabama; 
Florence  Wesleyan  University;  East  Alabama  Male  Col- 
lege; Southern  University;  and  North  Alabama  Confer- 
ence College.  Of  these  only  one  recognized  by  the  Board 
remains  as  a  college — the  Southern  University.  Like- 
wise, of  the  seven  female  colleges,  only  one  remains. 
Why  these  so  called  failures?  Let  Dr.  Wadsworth  in  his 
report,  as  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Education,  to  the 
Conference  in  1874,  answer: — 

"In  former  years  we  stood  in  the  front  rank  among 
the  conferences  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  our  regard 
for  scientific,  literary  and  religious  education.  Now  we 
fall  behind  all  them  that  have  colleges.  This  is  especially 
afflicting  when  we  consider  the  many  thousands  of  dol- 
lars collected  from  our  people  to  establish  and  conduct 
institutions  of  learning.  Our  present  embarrassments 


14  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

cannot  be  ascribed  to  financial  troubles,  exclusively.  We 
must  conclude  that  Boards  of  Trustees  have  been  unskill- 
ful in  the  management  of  this  great  interest,  or  that  the 
preachers  and  people  do  not  value  as  they  ought,  institu- 
tions of  the  highest  grade.  If  we  cannot  produce  a  more 
lively  interest  among  the  preachers  and  people,  we  will 
be  compelled  to  reduce  all  our  colleges  to  the  rank  of  high 
schools,  or  see  them  pass  into  the  hands  of  other  people, 
who  can  and  will  manage  them  more  skillfully  than  we 
have  done."  The  same  sentiment  is  borne  out  by  Rev. 
C.  L.  Chilton,  Agent,  1891.  He  reported  to  the  Confer- 
ence that  while  there  was  agitation  about  uniting  or  dis- 
uniting with  the  North  Alabama  Conference,  "endow- 
ment money  could  not  be  secured."  "The  slightest  sus- 
picion," he  says,  "of  the  perpetuity  of  the  institution  will 
turn  away  endowment  money." 

Some  may  doubt  the  statement  of  Dr.  Wadsworth  that 
our  Conference  was  among  the  foremost  in  its  regard  for 
education — but  the  statement  is  true.  LaGrange  College 
—near  Florence,  Alabama — organized  by  the  Mississippi 
and  Tennessee  Conferences,  was  opened  January  11,  1830, 
the  first  college  in  Alabama.  It  was  opened  one  year  be- 
fore the  Alabama  State  University; two  years  before  Ran- 
dolph-Macon,  Virginia ;  seven  years  before  Emory  &  Hen- 
ry, Virginia;  twenty-four  years  before  Trinity  College, 
North  Carolina ;  twenty-one  years  before  Wofford,  S.  C. ; 
and  sixteen  before  Howard  College,  Ala.  At  the  division 
of  the  Methodist  Church  it  was  one  of  the  foremost  in  the 
United  States.  Robert  Paine — afterwards  Bishop — was 
its  first  President.  The  faculty  were  graduates  of  Yale, 
of  the  University  of  Virginia,  and  of  the  University  of 
North  Carolina.  In  1851  it  had  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  students,  $50,000  endowment,  and  several  commodi- 
ous buildings.  For  twenty-five  years  il  was  the  leading 
college  of  the  South.  Its  graduates  reached  the  govern- 
orship, the  U.  S.  Senate,  the  Supreme  Bench,  the  Bish- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  15 

opric,  and  the  highest  places  as  professors  in  the  univer- 
sities of  America. 

But  the  church  must  have  a  university.  LaGrange 
was  closed,  and  in  its  stead,  rose  near  by,  the  "Florence 
Wesleyan  University."  This  with  two  other  Methodist 
Colleges  was  in  course  of  time  turned  over  to  the  State. 
The  Florence  Wesleyan  became  the  State  Normal  School, 
and  the  East  Alabama  Male  College,  founded  the  same 
year  as  the  Southern  University,  adopted  at  the  same 
time  by  the  same  Conference,  or  by  part  of  the  same, 
passed  into  the  hands  of  the  State,  and  became  the  Poly- 
technic Institute  at  Auburn.  The  efforts  to  found  Col- 
leges were  no  more  failures,  than  were  the  early 
Churches,  which  went  down,  failures.  Public  sentiment 
was  created  for  Christian  education,  and  the  self-sacri- 
ficing teachers  were  putting  their  stamp  on  the  sturdy 
youth  of  the  land.  Let  us  not  think  that  their  loss,  as  Dr. 
Wadsworth  says,  was  so  much  mismanagement  as  the 
sparseness  of  patronage,  change  of  conditions,  and  the 
ambition  for  each  locality  to  have  a  college. 

LaGrange  College  was  in  the  Tennessee  Conference. 
The  Alabama  Conference  wanted  a  university.  The  time 
seemed  opportune.  The  Church  had  none  in  the  South, 
and  this  section  at  this  time  was,  perhaps,  the  richest  on 
the  globe.  The  Southern  planter  had  been  educating  his 
sons  at  Yale  and  Harvard.  The  "Ministerial  Association 
of  the  Alabama  Conference"  sent  candidates  for  the  min- 
istry and  preachers'  sons  to  the  Eastern  Colleges  and  Uni- 
versities. The  South  was  able  and  anxious  to  found  a 
great  institution  in  her  own  borders,  and  this  she  under- 
took to  do.  For  these  times  with  her  vast  empires  of 
cotton  plantations,  cultivated  by  millions  of  contented  and 
well-trained  slaves,  it  was  no  great  undertaking,  as  the 
results  will  show. 

The  movement  which  led  to  the  founding  of  the  South- 
ern University  was  begun  at  the  twenty-third  session  of 


16  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

the  Alabama  Conference,  Talladega,  Alabama,  in  1854. 
The  citizens  of  Auburn  and  vicinity  presented  a  memo- 
rial, asking  for  the  location  of  a  college  in  the  Alabama 
Conference.  It  was  agreed  that  the  location  offering 
$100,000  in  good  subscriptions  should  have  the  prize.  A 
commission,  lay  and  clerical,  was  appointed  to  raise  the 
funds  and  locate  the  college,  and  to  report  to  the  next 
Conference.  Great  enthusiasm  was  created  by  an  educa- 
tional address  made  by  Landon  C.  Garland  and  the  ser- 
mon already  referred  to,  by  Dr.  A.  H.  Mitchell.  (The 
sermon  is  printed  in  the  Conf.  Minutes  of  that  year.) 

The  Commission  reported  at  the  next  conference, 
which  met  at  Eutaw,  Alabama,  1855.  Auburn  offered 
$100,000.  Greensboro,  then  in  Greene  County,  offered 
$300,000,  and  J.  W.  Walton,  L.  Q.  C.  DeYampert  and  John 
Erwin  were  there  to  increase  it  if  necessary.  After  a 
three  days  fierce  debate,  which  engendered  strife  exist- 
ing to  this  day,  the  conference  determined  to  locate  the 
college  at  Greensboro  (West).  There  was  no  railroad  to 
Greensboro  at  that  time.  In  fact,  in  those  days  our  fath- 
ers invariably  located  their  colleges  remote  from  great 
thoroughfares  and  busy  marts. 

"A  towered  city  set  within  a  wood, 

Far  from  the  world  upon  a  mountain  crest ; 

There  storms  of  life  burst  not,  nor  cares  intrude; 

There  Learning  dwells,  and  Peace  is  Wisdom's  guest." 

They,  in  establishing  LaGrange,  Centenary  at  Summer- 
field,  and  the  Southern  University  claimed  that  retired 
places  were  more  favorable  to  the  producing  of  solid 
scholarship  and  clean,  strong  character.  Secular  inter- 
ests and  questions  of  convenience,  presumably,  prompt 
the  location  of  them  on  railroads.  Rev.  C.  C.  Callaway 
was  appointed  agent  to  raise  funds;  Col.  Jno.  Erwin, 
Rev.  L.  Q.  C.  DeYampert  and  Rev.  C.  C.  Callaway  were 
appointed  to  secure  a  charter.  The  Conference  recom- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


17 


mended  that  the  institution  be  called  "The  Southern  Uni- 
versity." The  institution  is  only  a  college  now,  but  the 
name  "University"  clings  to  it  as  only  a  sentiment.  Sev- 
eral times  the  Alumni  Association  has  requested  the 
trustees  to  change  the  name  to  college.  The  faculty  also 
passed  a  resolution  expressing  the  same  desire. 

The  Conference  appointed  as  charter  members  the  fol- 
lowing trustees: —  Rev.  Robt.  Paine,  Rev.  Jas.  0.  An- 
drew, Rev.  Edward  Wadsworth,  Rev.  Jefferson  Hamilton, 


REV.  C.  C.  GALLOWAY. 

Agent  Southern  University 
1855-1862.  Raised  $300,- 
000  and  more  for  the 
Southern  University. 


DR.  O.  R.  BLUE. 
He  first  favored  Auburn  as 
the  site.  Seeing  it  impos- 
sible to  locate  the  institu- 
tion there  he  led  the  ma- 
jority to  adopt  Greensboro. 
He  served  long  as  Trustee 
and  Agent. 


Rev.  Thos.  0.  Summers,  Rev.  Archelus  H.  Mitchell,  Rev. 
Thos.  J.  Roger,  Rev.  Christopher  C.  Callaway,  Rev.  Jo- 
seph H.  Hutchinson,  Rev.  Joshua  L.  Heard,  Rev.  Philip 
P.  Neely,  Rev.  Lucius  Q.  C.  DeYampert,  Rev.  Henry  W. 
Hilliard,  Rev.  Thos.  J.  Ramsey,  Col.  Jno.  Erwin,  Mr. 
Gideon  E.  Nelson,  Mr.  Robt.  A.  Baker,  Mr.  Thomas  M. 
Johnston,  Dr.  Gaston  Drake,  Dr.  Wm.  T.  Webb,  Augus- 


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THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


tus  A.  Coleman,  Esq.,  Mr.  Duke  W.  Goodman,  and  Mr. 
Jno.  W.  Walton. 

While  we  have  not  time  to  introduce  in  this  sketch  per- 
sonal history — we  will  stop  long  enough  to  say  that  only 
one  of  these  is  living,  Judge  A.  A.  Coieman,  of  Birming- 
ham, Ala.,  still  presiding  over  his  court  with  his  usual 
ability.  Dr.  A.  H.  Mitchell,  I  am  informed,  attended 
every  meeting  of  the  Board  till  about  1894.  He  died  a 
year  or  so  ago,  ninety-six  years  of  age. 


JUDGE    A.    A.    COLEMAN.          L    Q-  C-  DeYAMPERT. 

Only  living  Charter  member 
of   Board  of  Trustees. 


A  Charter  Trustee  and  one 
of  the  chief  promoters  and 
contributors. 


At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board,  March  17th,  1856, 
Col.  Erwin,  Chairman  of  the  Board,  presented  the  char- 
ter, a  notable  feature  of  which  is  that  it  prohibits  the  sale 
of  liquor  within  five  miles  of  the  corporation  limits.  At 
one  time  the  military  force  was  invoked  by  the  President, 
Dr.  Smith,  to  enforce  this  article.  The  charter  was  ve- 
toed by  Gov.  Winston,  because,  he  said,  the  general  stat- 
ute should  be  so  amended  that  it  would  not  be  necessary 
to  encumber  the  records  with  pages  of  useless  legislation 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  19 

for  the  chartering  of  every  school  and  corporation.  All 
such  legislation  should  be  included  under  one  general 
law. 

At  this  meeting  $168,500  was  reported  as  having  been 
raised  in  three  months'  time  from  only  two  counties 
(Greene  and  Sumter.)  Dr.  Callaway  reported  that  the 
people  responded  with  enthusiasm  everywhere.  The 
charter  subscribers  are  as  follows,  according  to  a  list 
held  by  Dr.  Lucius  Webb: 


COL.   JOHN    ERWIN. 

First  President  of   Board  of  Trustees,   who   secured  the  Charter. 
A   liberal   contributor. 

L.  Q.  C.  DeYampert,  $12,500.00;  Jno.  Nelson,  $12,- 
500.00;  Jno.  Erwin,  $5,000.00;  Jno.  W.  Walton,  $5,- 
000.00;  Jno.  H.  Y.  Webb,  $2,000.00;  R.  S.  Hunt,  $1,- 
000.00;  A.  C.  Jones,  $1,000.00;  Sam'l  Cowin,  $1,000.00; 
W.  T.  Webb,  $1,000.00;  F.  M.  Peterson,  $1,000.00;  Gas- 
ton  Drake,  $1,000.00;  I.  R.  Moore,  $1,000.00;  G.  E.  Nel- 


20  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

son,  $5,000.00;  Syd  Moore,  $1,000.00;  R.  Seay,  $2,000.00; 
W.  E.  Kennedy,  $2,000.00 ;  Sam'l  Pickens,  $500.00 ;  R.  G. 
Hammel,  $500.00 ;  Jesse  Hamilton,  $250.00 ;  Frank  Perry, 
$100.00;  H.  A.  Sanborn,  $100.00;  D.  D.  Stockton,  $500; 
W.  R.  Hardaway,  $100.00;  Jno.  DuBois,  $500.00;  H.  C. 
Childress,  $300.00;  J.  T.  B.  Cocke,  $300.00;  Samuel  Webb, 
$300.00;  M.  R.  Lancaster,  $100.00;  H.  B.  Dugger, 
$500.00;  A.  C.  Hobson,  $400.00;  E.  L.  Hobson,  $500.00; 
A.  C.  Baker,  $200.00;  J.  C.  Mitchell,  $200.00;  T.  R. 
Ward,  $100.00;  J.  H.  Pool,  $100.00;  Jas.  Buchanan, 
$100.00;  R.  U.  DuBois,  $200.00;  Robt.  Johnson,  $100.00; 
R.  Davis,  $500.00;  Lewis  Lawson,  $250.00;  T.  H.  Wil- 
liamson, $150.00;  Chas.  Stewart,  $100.00;  W.  A.  Winn, 
$100.00;  J.  J.  Melton,  $100.00;  A.  J.  Gibson,  $250.00; 
D.  Avery,  $500.00;  W.  T.  Hutchison,  $1,000.00;  A.  John- 
son, $300.00;  J.  A.  Tallman,  $250.00;  R.  W.  Moore,  $2,- 
000.00. 

We  are  informed  of  other  long  lists  of  contributors,  but 
it  seems  that  this  is  the  only  one  now  extant.  Many 
large  contributions  have  been  made  in  the  history  of  the 
institution,  all  record  of  which  is  lost  or  inaccessible. 

Bishop  Soule  and  Bishop  Andrew  made  valuable  con- 
tributions in  books.  Bishop  Paine  gave  1,000  acres  of 
land  and  more.  Jno.  W.  S.  Napier  gave  5,780  acres  of 
land.  L.  Q.  C.  DeYampert  endowed  a  chair  of  Biblical 
literature  at  a  cost  of  $25,000,  and  a  marble  tablet  com- 
memorating the  same  is  still  in  the  Mbrary  room.  Col. 
Jno.  Erwin  gave  a  large  tract  of  land.  That  the  build- 
ing committee  might  proceed  at  once,  Messrs.  DeYam- 
pert, Nelson,  Walton,  W.  R.  Moore,  H.  R.  Hamill  and 
R.  S.  Hunt  endorsed  for  them  to  the  amount  of  $100,000 ; 
$6,400.00  was  paid  for  the  site.  At  the  meeting  of  June 
llth,  1857,  the  corner  stone  was  laid  with  great  cere- 
mony and  military  display.  Col.  Jas.  McCaleb  Wiley, 
Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Alabama  Masons, 
Bishops  Paine,  Andrew,  and  Pierce,  and  many  other 


22 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


officials  and  a  great  concourse  of  people  from  adjoining 
counties  were  present.  Col.  Wiley  and  Bishop  Pierce 
made  addresses.  The  manuscript  of  Col.  Wiley's  Ma- 
sonic speech  is  preserved  in  the  Southern  University 
archives.  President  Wightman's  inaugural  address  is 
preserved  in  the  Alabama  Beacon,  March  2,  1860. 
At  this  meeting  also  Dr.  Wadsworth,  chairman  of  the 


DR.  EDWARD  WADSWORTH. 

•a. 

Born  Newbem,  N.  C.  1881.  A.  B.  Randolph-Macon  1841.,  D.  D., 
Randolph-Macon  and  Emory  Henry  1847.  President  La- 
Grange  College  1846-1852.  Prof.  Eng.  Nashville  University 
1853-1855.  Prof.  Moral  Philosophy  Southern  University 
1859-1871.  Died  in  Greensboro  1883. 

committee,  which  had  formerly  been  appointed  to  nomi- 
nate a  faculty  and  prepare  a  course,  made  a  report  as 
to  the  course  of  study,  etc.,  as  follows : 

1.  Chair  of  Ancient  Languages. 

2.  Chair  of  Moral  Philosophy. 

3.  Chair  of  Mathematics. 

4.  Chair  of  Biblical  Literature. 

5.  Chair  of  Modern  Languages. 

6.  Chair  of  Law. 

7.  Chair  of  Natural  Philosophy. 


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23 


The  report  reads  further :  "Elocution  and  Composition 
shall  be  taught  through  the  whole  course,  and  be  under 
the  direction  of  the  Faculty,  and  no  student  shall  be 
allowed  to  take  any  degree  till  he  shall  satisfy  the  Faculty 
of  his  capacity  to  write  his  own  language  with  correct- 
ness." "Since  it  is  the  policy  to  pay  equal  salaries  to 
the  professors,  and  since  some  of  the  professorships  are 
known  to  be  more  laborious  than  others,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  professors  to  adopt  a  plan  to  equalize  the 
labor  by  assisting  one  another.'' 


N.   T.  LUPTON, 
Prof.  Chemistry,  1859-71. 


j.  c.  wiLr,s, 

Prof.  Mathematics,  1859-71. 


It  has  ever  been  the  policy  of  the  trustees  to  select 
men  of  broad  and  liberal  education,  rather  than  mere 
specialists.  Several  of  the  first  Faculty  filled  other 
chairs.  Dr.  Landon  C.  Garland,  professor  in  the  State 
University,  was  first  elected  President.  He  declined,  and 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  secure  a  President  and 
Faculty.  However,  at  this  meeting  Dr.  Lupton  and  Dr. 
Wadsworth  were  secured.  Dr.  Lupton  was  sent  to  Eu- 
rope to  study  methods  at  Berlin  and  other  places,  and 


24 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


to  purchase  chemical  apparatus  to  the  amount  of  $2,000. 
Many  other  resolutions  were  passed,  one  of  which  was: 
"That  the  Faculty  of  the  University  shall  hold  their 
several  offices  subject  to  control  of  the  Trustees,  and 
neither  the  President  nor  any  one  of  the  professors  shall 
be  removed  at  any  time  except  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  the  whole  number  of  the  Trustees  composing  the 
Board,  and  no  professor  shall  be  at  liberty  to  resign 
without  the  leave  of  the  Board,  unless  such  resignation 


PROF.    O.    F.    CASEY. 

Born  Newberry,  S.  C.,  1824.  Graduated  LaGrange  College,  Ala., 
1849.  Prof.  Math,  and  afterward  Prof.  Ancient  Languages 
in  Alma  Mater  1849-1859.  Prof.  Ancient  Languages  South- 
ern University  1859-1876.  Died  in  Auburn,  Ala.,  1897. 

be  made  at  the  end  of  the  session,  and  after  at  least  three 
month's  notice  shall  have  been  given  in  writing  to  the 
President  of  the  Board."  This  rule  has  not  always  been 
observed. 

The  college  opened  its  doors  October,  1859.  Dr.  An- 
drews, President  of  the  Board  of  Education  at  the  time, 
made  the  following  report  to  the  Alabama  Conference 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


25 


of  1859:  "The  Collegiate  Department  was  inaugurated 
on  the  first  Wednesday  of  October,  in  the  presence  of  a 
large  and  delighted  auditory.  The  officers  elected  by  the 
Trustees  were  in  attendance.  Fifty  students  have  ma- 
triculated. All  assets  amount  to  $320,000.  Resolved, 
that  the  Alabama  Conference  fully  endorse  the  proposi- 
tion of  the  Trustees  of  the  Southern  University  to  in- 
crease its  assets  to  $500,000,  for  the  purpose  of  making 


BISHOP  WM    M.   WIGHTMAN, 

First  President  S.  U.  Born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  grad- 
uated in  S.  C.  College.  Prof.  Lit.  and  Rhet.  Randolph- 
Macon,  President  Wofford,  Editor  So  Christian  Advocate, 
President  S.  U.  1858-'68,  Bishop  1866,  died  1882. 

it  a  University  indeed.  Your  committee  recommends 
that  visiting  committees  be  appointed  to  make  thorough 
examinations  into  the  conditions  of  the  institution  and 
report  to  this  body."  Neither  in  the  minutes  of  the  Con- 
ference, nor  in  those  of  the  Trustees  is  recorded  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Faculty  for  the  various  years,  and  there 
is  no  file  of  the  catalogue  earlier  than  from  1884.  The 
minutes  of  the  Faculty  up  to  1903  are  lost,  but  by  various 
means  we  find  the  Faculty  for  the  first  year  as  follows: 


26 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


Wm.  M.  Wightman,  Biblical  Literature;  J.  C.  Wills,  A. 
M.,  Mathematics;  Thos.  M.  Lupton,  A.  M.,  Chemistry; 
Edward  Wadsworth,  A.  M.,  Moral  Philosophy;  O.  F. 
Casey,  A.  M.,  Ancient  Languages ;  J.  A.  Reubelt,  Hebrew 
and  Modern  Languages;  Thos.  A.  Gatch  was  afterwards 
elected  Professor  of  Mathematics.  Professor  Casey  was 
the  last  of  these  to  retire  from  the  institution.  Wonder- 
ful stories  come  down  to  us  regarding  the  accurate  and 
wide  scholarship,  deep  piety  and  profound  religious  faith 


J.    V.    GLASS.  B.  M.  HUEY. 

First  Graduates  of  S.  U.,  1860. 

of  these  men.  The  old  boys  say  that  Professor  Casey 
would  repeat  Virgil  page  by  page  for  their  amusement 
as  well  as  for  their  delectation.  It  was  said  that  French 
was  natural  to  the  tongue  of  Dr.  Wightman.  Professors 
Wills  and  Casey  were  great  favorites  with  the  students. 
Professor  Reubelt,  one  of  the  most  popular  members 
among  the  boys,  it  seems,  handed  in  his  resignation  on 
the  instigation  of  Dr.  Wadsworth,  who  detected  views  in 
morals  and  religion  not  in  harmony  with  those  of  the 
Church.  Only  one  other  similar  case,  so  far  as  this  his- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  27 

torian  knows,  occurred  in  the  history  of  the  College, — 
that  of  Thos.  0.  Summers.  However,  he  was  accepted 
at  Vanderbilt,  and  went  afterwards  totally  awry.  T.  D. 
Mitchell  succeeded  him. 

The  first  annual  commencement  was  held  July  4,  1860. 
Benj.  M.  Huey,  formerly  of  Emory  College,  and  Jas.  V. 
Glass,  of  Pickens  County,  were  the  graduates.  Huey 
died  1906;  Mr.  Glass,  a  business  man  of  Birmingham, 
and  B.  M.  Huey,  an  attorney  of  Marion,  Ala.  A  record 
of  the  Alumni  is  being  written  by  Professor  C.  P.  Atkin- 
son, but  I  cannot  refrain  from  saying  that  Col.  Huey 
introduced  the  first  bill  in  the  Alabama  Legislature,  look- 
ing to  the  founding  of  a  Woman's  Industrial  School  in 
Alabama.  Another  Alumnus,  J.  D.  Ellis,  late  of  the  Ala- 
bama Advocate,  made  the  first  public  address  favoring  it, 
and  it  .is  but  poetic  justice — that  four  of  our  Alumni  are 
('96)  connected  with  it, — Dr.  F.  M.  Peterson,  President; 
J.  Alexander  Moore,  and  Miss  Minna  Grote,  Professors; 
and  D.  L.  Wilkinson,  College  Physician.  (Pardon  this 
digression,  but  it  would  be  much  like  writing  the  history 
of  the  good  side  of  our  State,  and  much  of  that  of  other 
States,  to  write  the  history  of  the  Alumni.)  The  first 
graduate  in  a  school  was  R.  H.  Jackson,  Greensboro, 
Ala.,  graduate  in  Chemistry.  The  Degree  of  three  schools 
was  often  conferred. 

The  career  of  the  Southern  University  was  begun  un- 
der most  glowing  prospects,  but  the  war  cloud  burst 
upon  it.  Nothing  less  than  a  revolution  occurred.  Her 
history  for  the  next  fifteen  years  is  the  history  of  com- 
merce, agriculture,  education,  of  the  whole  Southland, — 
a  history  of  struggle  for  existence. 

The  students,  and  some  of  the  Faculty,  notably  Pro- 
fessor Gatch,  after  military  drill,  mildly  condemned  by 
the  Trustees,  left  for  the  war.  The  large  vacant  rooms 
were  hiding  places  for  owls,  bats,  refugees,  and  deserters ; 
of  the  latter  thrilling  tales  are  told.  At  times  no  classes  at 


28 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


the  opening  could  be  formed,  but  there  were  a  few  stu- 
dents every  year.  The  trustees  met  annually.  The  Fac- 
ulty held  their  positions,  though  teaching  in  other  schools, 
and  doing  other  work  to  supplement  their  income.  At 
times  the  entire  annual  income  of  the  College  was  hardly 
$1,000.  A  productive  endowment  of  $200,000,  before 
the  war,  had  all  been  swept  away,  lands,  houses,  and 
notes,  which,  when  given,  were  as  good  as  gold. 


REV.  JEFFERSON  HAMILTON,  D.  D. 

Charter  Trustee,  Agent.  Born  1805,  Mass.  Died  at  Opelika,  1874. 
When  dying  he  said  to  his  children:  ''Stick  to  the  church — 
I  mean  the  Methodist  Church — for  this  is  the  form  of  re- 
ligion which  is  to  convert  and  save  the  world." 

Reconstruction  was  almost  as  hard  as  the  period  of 
war.  In  1867,  the  agent,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Callaway,  reported 
that  $171,810.66  in  notes  was  placed  in  his  hands.  Of 
this  amount  $4,683  was  collected  in  cash,  $16,000  was 
renewed,  $40,000  was  classed  as  possibly  good  and  $75,- 
000  as  worthless.  The  magnificent  endowment  had  been 
swept  away,  leaving  the  school  a  lot  cf  worthless  paper 
which  was  carried  upon  the  books  for  years.  The  build- 
ings were  intact  and  free  from  debt. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


29 


HAMILTON   HALL. 

In  1867  Dr.  Wightman  was  elected  Bishop,  but  by  the 
request  of  the  Trustees  he  held  on  till  arrangements 
could  be  made  to  fill  his  place.  Drs.  Wadsworth  and  Lup- 
ton  acted  as  chairman  till  1870,  when  Dr.  A.  S.  Andrews 
was  elected  chancellor. 

The  Departments  of  Law,  Medicine  and  ,Theology  were 
opened,  but  were  of  short  duration.  Drs.  F.  M.  Peter- 
son, R.  Inge,  and  T.  O.  Summers  taught  in  the  Medical 
Department.  Drs.  Osborne,  A.  A.  Coleman,  Thos.  Seay, 
and  J.  J.  Garrett  assisted  in  the  Law  School.  There  were 
several  graduates  in  Theology  and  Medicine.  Some  com- 
pleted the  Law  Course,  but  none  graduated.  A.  H. 
Moore,  and  Wm.  Murrah — now  President  of  Millsaps 
College — studied  Law.  F.  M.  Peterson  took  the  Degree 


30 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


of  B.  D.  in  Theology.  Richie  Briggs,  it  was  said,  could 
repeat  Rawlston  by  heart. 

In  the  efforts  to  unite  other  Conferences,  Dr.  Jefferson 
Hamilton,  chairman  of  the  commission,  reported  to  the 
Conference,  "that  the  commission  was  unfortunately 
constituted,  as  some  members  were  personally  interested 
in  one  locality  or  another." 

During  these  dark  days  when  the  College  was  being 
sued  for  foreign  debts,  secured  by  mortgages  on  lands 


DR.  LUTHER  M.  SMITH. 

Born  Oglethorpe  Co.  Ga.,  1826.  Graduated  at  Emory  College,  Ga., 
1848.  President  Emory,  Chancellor  So.  University,  1875 
until  his  death  in  Birmingham,  1879. 

and  buildings,  the  Faculty  unpaid,  all  the  $200,000  en- 
dowment swept  away,  and  the  scholarships  therewith 
connected,  the  main  building  seems  to  have  been  all  that 
was  saved  from  the  wreck. 

Dr.  Andrews  twice  urged  his  resignation  before  its 
acceptance.  Dr.  Luther  M.  Smith  of  Georgia,  was  then 
elected  chancellor.  He  refused  the  position  unless  cer- 
tain guarantees  of  substantial  support  were  made. 
$7,550  was  due  the  Faculty.  A  compromise  was  urged, 


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31 


T.   D.   MITCHELL, 
Prof    Chemistry,  1874-76. 


J.   S.   HOPKINS. 
Prof.  Science    1876-78. 


C.   M.   VERDEL, 
Prof.  Science,  1876-81. 


32  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

and  all  accepted  it  unconditionally,  except  Dr.  J.  S. 
Moore.  The  Trustees'  minutes  show  the  conditions.  Dr. 
Smith  agreed  to  take  the  position  if  allowed  to  select 
his  own  Faculty,  the  Trustees  guaranteeing  $25,000.  The 
conditions  were  met.  He  was  a  man  of  means,  but  said 
if  he  had  millions  he  would  not  give  a  dime  unless  the 
endowments  were  made  inalienable.  Ever  afterwards 


F.  M.  PETERSON,  M.  D. 

President  of  Board  of  Trustees  many  years.  A  liberal  contributor. 
By  personal  guarantees  he  saved  the  Institution  more  than 
once. 

this  became  the  financial  creed  of  the  institution.  Noth- 
ing was  ever  to  bind  the  College  property,  but  expenses 
for  repairs.  Thus  the  policy  inaugurated  by  Dr.  Smith, 
though  it  may  have  sacrificed  the  rights  of  individuals, 
it  saved  the  institution.  Under  this  policy  the  Faculty 
received  at  times  little  more  than  half  their  salary.  Thus 
the  Faculty,  however  well  educated,  have  never  been 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


33 


able  to  do  ideal  work  for  the  want  of  funds  to  keep  them- 
selves supplied  with  standard  and  current  literature,  and 
to  enjoy  the  advantages  of  travel,  and  contact  with 
scholars  at  home  and  abroad.  Dr.  Smith  demanded  a 
payment  of  all  debts  and  a  complete  rehabilitation. 

The  Trustees  appointed  a  committee  consisting  of  F. 
M.  Peterson,  M.  D.,  Madison  Jones,  and  J.  H.  Y.  Webb, 
to  raise  the  required  $25,000.  This  band  of  martyrs 
went  out — it  was  not  the  first  time  the  Trustees  had 


DR.  JNO.   S.   MOORE. 

Prof.  Mathematics  1871-84. 
Acting  as  President  part 
of  the  time.  Had  the  In- 
stitution transferred  to 
the  Conference. 


DR.    JOSIAH    LEWIS. 

Prof.  Emory  College,  Ga. 
Prof.  Eng.  Southern  Uni- 
versity 1875-1880.  Presi- 
dent S.  U.  1880-1881. 


faced  despair — and  raised  $20,000.  Dr.  Smith  not 
yielding  from  his  first  proposition — the  committeemen, 
who  had  already  subscribed  $300  each,  endorsed  for  the 
rest,  and  the  College  was  again  on  the  way  to  pros- 
perity. While  there  are  many  worthy  and  liberal  con- 
tributors connected  with  the  history  of  the  institution 
that  cannot  now  be  listed,  yet  none  will  complain  of 


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THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


partiality,  if  we  mention  the  names  of  those  who  at  this 
juncture  saved  a  lost  cause,  and  started  the  College  on 
its  upward  course  again.  They  are  as  follows:  Dr.  F. 
M.  Peterson,  D.  J.  Castleman,  W.  G.  Miller,  Jack  Pow- 
ers, J.  J.  Peterson,  Lawson  &  Son,  W.  H.  Locke,  B. 
Steinhart,  Jno.  S.  Tucker,  W.  W.  Jones,  W.  T.  Black- 
ford,  W.  W.  &  E.  A.  Powers,  H.  J.  Walker,  W.  R.  Smaw, 
Ed  Huckibee,  Alice  Royal,  B.  G.  Abernathy,  S.  Pobert- 
son,  Chas.  F.  Waller,  Jno.  G.  Harvey,  A.  A.  Coleman, 


t 


PROF.   FRANCIS  MARION 
PETERSON.   D.   D. 

BO>TI  Greensboro  Ala.  B. 
D.  and  A.  M.  S.  U.  1874 
Prof.  Ancient  Linsjuig:s 
1879-T9  Acting  President 
S  U.  1381-1883  again 
1898-'99.  President  Girls' 
Industrial  School  1899, 
until  his  death,  1907. 


PROF.   C.   A.   GROTE. 

A.   M.   Southern     University 

1875.  Prof.    Science     and 
Modern   Languages     S.  U. 

1876,  until  his  death,  1894 
Acting  as   President  when 
there   were   no     funds     to 
pay  one. 


S.  W.  Chadwick,  Jno.  H.  Atkins,  Jos.  Atkins,  Jno.  At- 
kins, D.  T.  Webster,  James  M.  Hobson,  Jno.  E.  DuBois, 
J.  N.  Sledge,  F.  F.  Hill,  J.  E.  Webb,  JHS.  B.  Coleman,  A. 
M  Avcry,  T-T.  A.  Stollenwerck,  W.  H.  Sanborn,  T.  B. 
Randolph,  A.  C.  Jones,  J.  Hamilton,  Wm.  H.  Lavender, 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


35 


R.  Inge.  The  records  from  the  first  shine  with  names  like 
these.  These  subscriptions  ranged  from  $10  to  $300  each. 
Although  at  this  time  the  assets  of  the  College  were  $112,- 
085,  Dr.  Smith  said  without  this  aid  the  University 
would  have  closed  its  doors. 

After  the  death  of  Dr.  Smith,  during  the  years  1880-83 
Dr.  Josiah  Lewis,  Professor  of  English,  and  Prof.  F.  M. 
Peterson,  Professor  of  Ancient  Languages,  were  acting 


DR.  ALLEN  S.  ANDREWS 

Born  Randolph  Co.  N.  C.,  1822.  Graduated  Trinity  College,  N.  C. 
President  Greensboro  Female  College  N.  C.,  1850.  Presi- 
dent S.  U.  1870-1874,  1883-1894.  Died  at  Union  Springs, 
1898. 

Presidents,  except  an  interval  in  which  Dr.  J.  S.  Moore 
presided  over  the  Faculty. 

By  request  of  Dr.  Moore  the  charter  was  so  changed 
that  the  property,  which  had  been  in  the  hands  of  the 
Trustees,  should  be  fee  simple  property  of  the  Alabama 
Conference.  Notwithstanding  the  heroic  efforts  of 


36 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


Professors  Peterson  and  Grote,  who  for  awhile  were 
alone  in  1883,  affairs  again  became  desperate.  Suits 
were  being  pushed  against  the  institution  for  heavy 
debts.  Under  the  decree  of  the  courts,  Hamilton  Hall,  a 
boarding  hall,  and  the  President's  house  were  sold,  and 


JUDGE   P.  G.   WOOD. 

President  of  Board  of  Trustees  until  his  death.  When  funds  were 
short  he  personally  guaranteed  the  President's  salary,  and 
saved  the  life  of  the  Institution  in  its  last  struggle  between 
life  and  death. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


37 


the  institution  cleared  of  debt.  In  this  condition,  by 
request  of  the  Alumni  Association,  Dr.  Andrews,  who 
had  tided  it  over  in  the  dark  days  of  the  seventies,  by 
the  guarantee  of  Judge  Wood,  was  again  elected  Presi- 


Lt    C.    DICKEY, 


Prof.    English    and    History, 
1883-84. 


J.  F.  STURDIVANT. 
Prof.    English,    1885-90. 


C.   L.   McCARTHA. 
Prof.   English,   1890-92. 


38 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


dent,  and  elected  for  a  term  of  five  years,  the  only 
time  on  record  when  such  action  was  taken  by  the  Board. 
The  report  to  the  Conference  of  1883  states  that  a 
union  had  been  effected  between  the  Alabama  and  the 
North  Alabama  Conferences  by  the  cession  of  one-half 
interest  to  the  North  Alabama  Conference.  Dr.  An- 
drews accepted  the  position  with  the  understanding  that 
all  the  assets  and  funds  should  be  in  his  hands,  and  that 
he  should  select  his  own  Faculty,  and  be  solely  respon- 
sible to  them  for  their  salaries.  His  Faculty  were:  F. 
M.  Peterson,  Ancient  Languages;  C.  A.  Grote,  Science 
and  Modern  Languages,  and  Book-keeping;  J.  A.  Moore, 
Mathematics;  L.  C.  Dickey,  English  Literature;  Rosco 


W.  C.  McCOY. 

As   Agent  he   raised   thousands  of    dollars    for    endowment    and 
buildings. 

McConnell,  Assistant  Professor  of  Ancient  Languages. 

Professor  McConnell  was  the  only  teacher  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  College,  so  far  as  is  known,  not  a  church 
member.  He  was  a  high  type  of  gentleman.  He  re- 
mained only  a  year  or  so. 

With  Dr.  Andrews  as  President  and  Dr.  W.  C.  McCoy 


40 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


DR.  J.  0.  KEENER. 
Many  years  a  Trustee.     President  1894  until  his  death,  1898. 

as  Agent,  the  College  made  rapid  growth  in  all  lines. 
The  buildings  formerly  owned  and  sold,  if  not  the  lands, 
were  bought  back,  other  buildings  were  erected  and  all 
repaired,  and  large  amounts  added  to  the  endowment 
and  equipment.  The  number  of  students  reached  the 
highest  in  its  history,  235. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  41 

On  account  of  failing  health,  in  1894,  Dr.  Andrews 
resigned,  and  Dr.  J.  O.  Keener  was  then  elected  Presi- 
dent. He  inaugurated  a  new  financial  policy — that  of 
prorating  the  income  between  the  President  and  the 
Faculty.  Heretofore  the  President's  salary  was  not 
definitely  based  upon  income,  as  usually  was  the  case 
with  those  of  the  Faculty.  This  does  not  mean  that  the 
Presidents  always  received  their  stipulated  salaries. 
For  example,  at  the  close  of  Dr.  Andrews'  first  year  of 
his  second  administration,  he  had  only  received  $200, 
and  at  other  times  it  is  recorded  thnt  he  suffered  loss 
with  the  Faculty.  During  most  of  the  history  the  Col- 
lege Presidents'  salary  was  fixed  at  $2,000,  and  that  of 
the  Professors  $1,500,  but  rarely  ever  paid,  in  full. 

Under  Dr.  Keener  the  productive  endowment  was 
greatly  increased,  though  there  was  a  falling  off  in  in- 
come by  the  withdrawal  of  the  North  Alabama  Confer- 
ence in  1898.  Yet  at  no  time  under  his  administration 
did  the  Faculty  fail  to  receive  their  stipulated  salaries. 
The  stipulated  salaries,  however,  were  less  than  those 
formerly  offered.  The  first  record  of  salaries  paid  in 
full  was  made  under  his  administration,  due  not  only  to 
his  own  good  management,  but  undoubtedly  to  that  of 
predecessors  in  his  office,  and  the  able  Boards  of  Trus- 
tees, as  well  as  to  the  general  progress  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  State's  resources. 

In  1902  Geo.  M.  Sellers  reported  as  Chairman  of  the 
Conference  Board  a  productive  endowment  of  $35,000 
and  annual  income  of  $10,000. 

All  are  familiar  with  the  improvements  in  buildings 
and  repairs  made  by  Dr.  Keener.  He  raised  in  Greens- 
boro at  one  time  about  $4,000.  The  new  chapel  is  the 
product  of  his  energy  and  taste.  He  gave  credit  to  "Pro- 
fessor" Henry  Peck,  the  janitor,  for  the  amphitheatrical 
design  of  the  chapel. 


DR.    S.   M.   HOSMER. 
Born  Jefferson  Co   Ala.,  1846.     Trustee  1883-1899.     President  1899. 


44  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

Dr.  Keener  died  in  the  middle  of  the  session,  1898-99, 
but  his  work  was  divided  among  the  Faculty,  as  in  the 
case  of  the  sickness  of  Prof.  Grote,  Dr.  Andrews,  Dr. 
Shoaff,  and  during  the  typhoid  epidemic  of  1902-03, 
when  Professors  E.  L.  Colebeck,  E.  L.  Brown,  and  D.  P. 
Christenberry  were  all  sick  and  the  salaries  paid  over  to 
the  respective  families. 

After  the  death  of  Dr.  Keener,  Prof.  F.  M.  Peterson 
was  appointed  President  until  the  election  of  Dr.  S.  M. 
Hosmer. 

It  is  useless  to  mention  here  the  progress  under  Dr. 
Hosmer's  administration.  His  watch-word  has  been 
"Up-to-date." 

A  modern  library,  the  card  system,  a,  modern  curricu- 


DR.  J.  S.  FRAZER. 

Present  Financial  Agent,  who,  without  surrendering  his  personal 
work,  has  raised  large  amounts  for  improvements  and  en- 
dowment 

lum,  the  elective  system,  1900;  a  modern  system  of  dis- 
cipline; a  modern  scientific  department;  a  modern  board- 
ing hall;  a  chair  of  modern  languages;  modern  methods 


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46 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


of  business  and  business  office ;  and  a  modern  gymnasium 
building,  the  second  building  on  the  campus  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  institution,  have  all  been  installed. 

During  the  twentieth  century  movement  through  Drs. 
Lamar  and  Frazer,  and  through  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, and  other  friends,  $44,000  were  added  to  the  en- 
dowment. Wise  investments  have  been  made,  and  con- 
siderable property  has  been  recovered  which  had  been 
lost  sight  of,  ar.d  upon  the  whole,  the  affairs  of  the 
institution  are  on  a  firm  basis.  The  present  endowment 
is  $75,000,  of  which  $25,000  is  not  yet  productive.  All 
assets  amount  to  $210,000. 


PROF.  E.  K.  TURNER, 
Ph.    D. 


PROF.  L.  P.  GIDDENS. 


At  the  Alabama  Conference,  Eufaula,  1906,  the  ques- 
tion of  reuniting  the  two  Conferences  on  one  College  was 
agitated,  but  no  action  was  taken. 

We  cannot  close  this  brief  and  imperfect  sketch  with- 
out referring  to  some  other  important  matters. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  47 


PRCF     J.    T     LITTLETON.  REV.  J    W.  SHOAFF,  D    D. 


PROF.  E.  L.  COLEBECK. 


PROF.    BURT    P.    RICH- 
ARDSON. 


48  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


REV.    C     P.    ATKINSON. 


PROF.  D.  M.  KKY       PROF.  F.  E.  CHAPMAN 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN  UNIVERSITY 


49 


R.    L     WILLIAMS, 
Supreme  Judge  of  Oklahoma, 
Chief  Author  of  the  Con- 
stitution. 


T.   J.   HAPPEL,  A.    M., 
'66,  M.  D., 

President   Tennessee   Medical 
Association. 


WM.  B.  INGE,  A.  M.,  '68.          W.  B.  MURRAH,  A.  B.,  '74, 
Extensive   Planter.  President  Millsaps  College. 

GROUP  OF  PROMINENT  ALUMNI. 


50  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

RELIGIOUS  AIMS. 

The  Trustees  and  Faculty  have  ever  held  the  real  pur- 
pose of  the  institution  in  view.  Nearly  every  annual 
report  contains  the  words  "a  great  and  gracious  revival." 
At  times  the  students  were  Christian  workers  almost  to  a 
man.  In  the  early  days  prayers  were  held  in  chapel 
both  morning  and  afternoon.  Singing  was  added  in  the 
'90's.  Class  meetings  were  held  by  the  President  or 
Faculty  on  Friday  afternoons,  and  prayer  meetings  on 
Sundays  by  the  students.  Love  feasts  were  held  Sun- 
day afternoons  of  Commencement  Day.  A  story  of  a 
new  student  under  these  conditions  would  be  interesting 
and  suggestive:  A  boy  innocent  of  prayers  and  Bible 
study,  after  being  here  two  or  three  days  said  to  his 
room-mate:  "I  am  disgusted;  I  did  not  come  here  to 
attend  prayers  all  day  and  read  the  Bible;  I  came  to 
study  school-books.  I  am  going  up  stairs  to  that  Fac- 
ulty, cuss  'em  out,  and  go  where  -they  teach  school  and 
study  somethin'  else  besides  the  Bible."  His  room-mate 
told  him  that  "He'd  get  enough  to  do,  just  wait  till  all 
his  work  was  assigned."  He  became  an  excellent  stu- 
dent, joined  the  church,  succeeded  as  a  business  man, 
afterwards  became  a  steward  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  and 
a  Trustee  of  this  institution,  and  one  of  the  most  en- 
thusiastic Bible  students  in  the  country.  He  knows  not 
to  this  day  what  the  Southern  University  had  to  do 
with  it. 

1887,  through  the  efforts  of  J.  D.  Simpson,  adjunct 
professor  of  Ancient  Languages,  and  Luther  Smith,  a 
student,  a  room  was  secured  and  furnished  in  the  main 
building  for  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  systematic  work  among  the 
students.  Bible  and  Mission  classes  were  afterwards 
organized,  committees  were  appointed  for  all  phases  of 
the  work — welcome  committees,  membership  commit- 
tees, financial,  devotional,  etc.,  have  been  organized  from 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN  UNIVERSITY 


51 


PROF   J.  A.  MOORE. 


REV.  F.  P.  CULVER. 


DR.  J    H    McCOY.  PRCF    T.    A.    TAYLOR. 

GROUP  OF  PROMINENT  ALUMNI. 


52  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

time  to  time.     It  has  been  the  aim  to  send  every  boy 
home  an  enthusiastic,  trained,  Christian  worker. 

LITERARY  CULTURE. 

The  institution  has  always  emphasized  literary  cul- 
ture, as  is  shown  by  the  large  proportion  of  language 
study  in  the  curriculum,  and  by  emphasis  placed  upon 
composition  work,  as  before  referred  to  by  the  action 
of  the  Trustees. 

"The  Southern  University  Monthly"  was  established 
April,  1885.  Its  organizers  and  first  editors  were: 
Percy  G.  Wood,  Jr.,  L.  C.  Branscomo,  C.  A.  Rush,  W. 
F.  Andrews,  and  D.  P.  Christenberry,  all  students.  In 
1902  it  became  "The  Review  and  Bulletin."  It  is  the 
organ  of  the  two  literary  societies,  and  serves  as  a  great 
incentive  to  literary  efforts.  In  1891  "The  Alumni  An- 
nual" with  Dr.  J.  A.  Moore  as  editor,  was  issued,  but 
its  life  was  of  short  duration. 

THE   LIBRARY. 

From  the  very  first  the  institution  has  maintained  a 
good  collection  of  standard  works  and  magazines.  Until 
1899  three  separate  libraries  were  maintained,  those 
of  the  two  literary  societies  and  that  of  the  College.  At 
this  time  all  libraries  were  united  in  what  was  formerly 
the  Preparatory  Room,  and  the  modern  card  catalogue 
system  was  inaugurated.  This  system  was  inaugurated 
and  put  into  operation  by  Misses  Maria  and  Loula  Hos- 
mer. 

The  library  is  kept  open  from  four  to  eight  hours 
per  day.  The  oversight  of  the  library  is  entrusted  to  a 
committee  of  the  Faculty,  the  chairman  of  which  is  the 
Librarian.  The  Assistant  Librarian  for  many  years  was 
a  student,  in  recent  years,  however,  a  lady  has  held  this 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN  UNIVERSITY 


53 


P.   G.   WOOD. 
(Chief  Editor) 


C.   A.   RUSH. 


W.   F.   ANDREWS. 

Three  of  the  founders  and  first  Editors  of   Southern  University 
Monthly,  now  issued  as  Review  and  Bulletin. 


54 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


L.  C.  BRANSCOMB.  D.  P.  CHRISTENBERRY. 

Two  of  the  founders  of  Southern  University  Monthly. 

position.  The  library  is  maintained  by  a  fee  charged 
each  student,  and  by  donations  of  money  and  books.  A 
few  notable  gifts  have  been  received.  Besides  the 
splendid  gifts  of  J.  S.  Napier  and  L.  Q.  C.  DeYampert, 
and  Bishop  Soule  at  the  time  of  founding,  many  gifts 
have  been  made  since :  Judge  P.  G.  Wood  gave  his  library 
in  his  lifetime.  Dr.  Chas.  Ross  gave  his  by  will.  A 
large  number  of  books  were  received  by  Bishop  Andrew 
after  his  death.  The  Alumni  and  other  friends  add  books 
annually.  The  estimated  number  of  volumes  at  present 
is  eight  thousand.  The  library  possesses  some  very  rare 
and  valuable  volumes  that  perhaps  can  be  found  no 
where  else,  especially  a  set  of  volumes  on  the  American 
Indian  with  life-like  cuts  of  the  famous  chiefs. 

A  few  Librarians :  J.  C.  Hill,  '84-'85,  J.  D.  Griffin,  Prof. 
O.  C.  Hand,  W.  C.  Hamilton,  W.  C.  Watson,  S.  C.  Meigs, 
F.  E.  Porter,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Baxley,  Miss  Maria  Hosmer, 
Miss  Willie  Walton,  Dr.  J.  A.  Moore,  Miss  Annie  Locke,. 
D.  P.  Christenberry. 


W 

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56  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

PUBLIC   SPEA.KING. 

Public  speaking  has  always  been  a  prominent  feature 
of  the  institution.  This  work  is  carried  on  by  the  Belles 
Lettres  and  Clarioscophic  Societies,  and  by  the  weekly 
declamations  before  the  Faculty  and  students.  Both  of 
these  institutions,  the  literary  societies,  and  the  depart- 
ment of  public  speaking,  have  existed  from  the  first. 
Public  exhibitions  as  anniversaries,  oratorical  contests, 
have  existed  also  from  the  earliest  times.  The  rule  has 
been  that  no  one  shall  graduate  until  he  shall  have  de- 
livered, at  least  four  original  addresses  before  the  Fac- 
ulty and  students.  The  methods  of  special  criticism  and 
special  training  practiced  have  not  failed  of  results,  as 
a  few  recent  honors  of  the  Alumni  will  show:  S.  C. 
Meigs  was  class  orator  in  Mobile  Medical  College.  Drs. 
G.  C.  Chapman  and  E.  B.  Ward  were  the  orators  before 
their  medical  associations.  Jas.  M.  Hobson,  Jr.,  won  all 
the  honors  in  oratory  on  all  three  of  the  annual  occasions 
at  West  Point  while  he  was  there.  H.  M.  Dobbs  and 
Frank  Seay  won  the  contests  at  Vanderbilt  both  in  com- 
position and  oratory.  S.  A.  Hobson  won  highest  honors  in 
oratory  and  composition  in  Columbian  Law  School,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  Ethel  Allen  won  contests  at  Southwestern 
Presbyterian  University,  both  local  and  intercollegiate.  R. 
E.  Sessions  won  the  same  for  Trinity  College  and  South- 
ern University.  E.  E.  Cobbs  won  the  honors  at  the 
University  of  the  South,  Sewanee.  Howard  Sadler  was 
the  orator  of  Annapolis,  and  represented  his  crew  in  an 
address  on  landing  in  England.  J.  A.  Baxley  won  the 
intercollegiate  contest  for  the  Southern  University,  and 
John  McDuffie,  trained  at  the  Southern  University,  after- 
wards won  it  for  Auburn.  Last,  but  not  least,  one  of  the 
greatest  living  orators,  won  the  honors  of  his  class  at 
the  Southern  University  and  imperishable  fame  before 
the  American  people — Richmond  Pearson  Hobson. 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN  UNIVERSITY  57 


RICHMOND   PEARSON   HOBSON,   Ph.   D. 

A  distinguished  Alumnus,  Agent  of  Alumni  in  Endowing  the  Chair 
of   History.     Member  of   Congress. 


58  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


SEVENTEEN  SIXTEENS,  1908. 

1,  Clara  Young;  2,  Helen  Mai-tin;  3  Mattie  Dominick;  4,  Beitie 
Chapman;  6,  Fannie  Walker;  7,  Mabel  Williams;  8,  Dorothy 
McFadden;  9,  Alberta  Overstreet;  10,  Mary  Lawson;  11,  Cap- 
itola  deBardeleben ;  12,  Josie  Walker;  12,  Margaret  Jones;  14, 
Mary  Straiten;  15,  Bessie  Dominick;  16,  Margaret  Erwin;  17, 
Lell  Grote. 

CO-EDUCATION. 

Miss  Julia  Tutwiler,  (in  1868)  asked  for  women 
the  right  of  matriculation,  and  was  refused.  She  came 
anyway;  she  asked  for  degrees,  and  was  voted  against; 
she  took  them  anyway.  Later  she  sought  entrance 
without  examination,  and  was  refused;  she  entered  any- 
way. The  institution  now  numbers  eight  women  among 
her  full  graduates — Miss  Margaret  Pickett  taking  A.  B. 
in  1897,  was  the  first  to  win  this  honor.  She  is  a  niece 
of  Miss  Tutwiler. 


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59 


HONORED  NAMES. 

It  would  take  volumes  to  record  the  honors  and 
merits  of  the  long  list  of  worthies  connected  with  the 
history  of  the  Southern  University  as  Trustees,  contribu- 
tors, agents,  instructors,  both  collegiate  and  sub-col- 
legiate, superintendents  of  Hamilton  Hall,  students,  and 
graduates.  How  could  the  struggle  of  C.  C.  Callaway, 
who  raised  over  $300,000  for  the  College,  Jefferson 
Hamilton,  W.  I.  Powers,  0.  R.  Blue,  W.  C.  McCoy,  J.  0. 
Andrew,  C.  L.  Chilton,  A.  J.  Lamar,  J.  S.  Frazer,  and 
scores  of  other  agents  be  worthily  recorded,  together 
with  Dr.  F.  M.  Peterson,  A.  H.  Mitchell,  J.  H.  Y.  Webb, 


HENRY   PECK. 
"Professor  of  Ash,  Broom,  and  Scuttle  Department,"  42  years. 

Jno.  Erwin,  Gideon  Nelson,  J.  J.  Garrett,  P.  G.  Wood, 
L.  Q.  C.  DeYampert,  Madison  Jones,  the  Stollenwercks, 
Bishops  Paine,  Soule,  Pierce,  Wightman,  Keener,  Gal- 
loway, Candler,  all  of  whom  raised  large  amounts  of 
money — all  these  and  more  just  as  worthy, — I  say  how 
shall  we  justly  record  their  labors  and  their  honors? 
Their  portraits  should  be  on  these  walls,  their  busts  in 


60  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

niches  in  these  rooms,  and  marble  and  bronze  statues 
of  them  should  be  on  this  campus.  If  we  do  not  honor 
our  noble  dead,  we  need  not  expect  a  noble  history  in 
the  future.  Among  all  these  there  is  one  name  we  shall 
not  omit — that  of  Henry  Peck,  Janitor  for  forty  and 
more  years.  His  influence  on  the  lives  of  the  students 
and  even  on  the  President  and  Faculty  has  been  greater 
than  any  one  will  ever  know.  When  this  faithful  Negro 
lays  down  scuttle,  broom,  and  duster,  a  marble  shaft 
should  rise  upon  this  campus,  or  better  still,  "The  Henry 
Peck  Janitorship"  should  be  endowed  by  his  long  list 
of  friends  and  admirers. 


SIDE  LIGHTS. 

The  long  years  of  struggle,  gloom,  i<nd  blood  through 
which  the  Institution  has  passed,  have  not  been  without 
their  "side  lights."  "All  work  and  no  play  makes  Jack 
a  dull  boy,"  is  the  bright  side  of  college  life. 

While  hazing  has  never  been  practiced  in  the  institu- 
tion to  any  extent,  the  boys  have  often  tried  to  work 
off  their  surplus  vitality  in  the  main  at  the  expense  of  the 
Faculty.  The  system  of  espionage  and  reporting 
which  prevailed  until  recent  years  was,  no  doubt,  partly 
responsible  for  the  lack  of  sympathy  and  fellowship  be- 
tween Faculty  and  student,  and  strengthened  the  desire 
for  revenge  upon  the  unduly  exacting  professors.  Among 
these  men  of  law  and  order  may  be  mentioned  Profes- 
sors Wadsworth,  Lupton,  J.  A.  Moore,  and  others.  How- 
ever, these  shrewd  and  worthy  Doctors  were  most  fre- 
quently more  than  a  match  for  the  youthful  tricksters, 
as  the  following  stories  will  illustrate: 

The  hiding  of  the  Professors'  buggies,  even  in  the 
primitive  days  was  a  stock  joke.  Among  those  who  had 
a  tempting  vehicle  was  Dr.  Wadsworth.  It  reached  the 
Doctor's  ears  that  on  a  certain  night  his  buggy  was  to 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN  UNIVERSITY  61 

make  a  trip  to  the  woods.  The  grave  preceptor,  not  alto- 
gether devoid  of  fun  himself,  conceived  the  idea  of  join- 
ing the  happy  party.  Clothing  himself  befitting  the 
chilly  night,  he  retired  cozily  behind  the  close  curtains, 
and  was  soon  scurrying  along  the  shadowy  highway  be- 
hind his  fleet-footed,  thorough-bred  bipeds.  At  length  the 
desired  retreat  was  reached.  The  steaming  roadsters, 
panting  for  breath,  began  to  loose  the  simple  harness, 
when  from  the  tightly  fitting  curtains  came  the  quiet, 
familiar  voice  of  the  learned  Doctor:  "You  may  take 
me  back,  now,  boys.  This  will  do.  I  will  say  nothing 
about  it." 

The  Doctor  was  not  so  fortunate  at  another  time.  The 
hour  for  declamation  had  arrived,  and,  at  least  one 
faint-hearted  victim  was  not  ready.  Seeing  the  Doctor 
busy  in  his  room,  the  truant  speaker  stealthily  locked 
him  in,  and  left  the  key  outside.  There  was  no  declama- 
tion that  afternoon,  but  a  crusty  voice  from  a  second- 
story  window  wooed  the  smiling  and  polite  lad  to  the 
Doctor's  prompt  release. 

On  one  of  these  dreaded  occasions  back  in  the  sixties 
when  the  blood  of  the  young  American    was    hot  and 
would  dare  anything  when  one  of  these  sons  of  thunder 
was  moving  his  audience  to  tears  with — 
"I  am  dying  Egypt  Dying 
Ebbs  the   crimson   life-tide   fast" 

a  stream  of  poke  berry  juice  from  above  deluged  him  and 
his  immaculate  linen  blood-red,  hem  and  skirt.  And  an- 
other Declamation  exercise  was  brought  to  a  happy  close. 

Dr.  Lupton  received  the  compliments  of  the  young  men 
on  this  wise :  From  time  immemorial  it  was  a  custom  for 
the  Faculty  to  make  weekly  reports  of  the  misdemeanors 
of  those  of  their  several  sections.  On  one  occasion  when 
all  the  Faculty  had  finished  their  reports,  Jno.  Keener, 
a  student,  tall  and  dignified,  rose  and  with  the  solemnity 
of  the  gravest  professor,  read :  "I  report  Dr.  Lupton  for 
failure  in  chemistry  on  the  sixth."  The  joke  was  soon 


62  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

fully  appreciated  when  it  was  learned  that  the  great 
chemist  had  made  a  flash  in  one  of  his  experiments  be- 
fore his  class.  The  usual  reference  and  demerits  had 
little  effect  on  the  jolly  face  of  young  Keener. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Moore  met  what  the  boys  called  condign  jus- 
tice on  one  April  Fool's  night  at  Hamilton  Hall.  Shouts 
of  "Murder!  Kill  him!  Oh!"  startled  him  from  above. 
Rushing  out  from  his  room,  and  down  the  long  hall  he 
reached  the  first  step  to  the  stairs  when  the  contents  of 
a  bath-tub  came  full  upon  his  naked  head.  Dr.  An- 
drews, having  heard  the  shouts  and  cries,  was  on  the 
scene  in  an  instant,  crying,  "What's  the  matter?  What's 
the  matter?"  Moore,  drenched  from  head  to  foot, 
meekly  returning  to  his  room,  curtly  answered,  "A 
prank!  A  prank!  Only  a  prank." 

The  story  of  how  John  0.  Keener  stole  a  diploma,  filled 
it  out  for  the  A.  M.  Degree,  had  it  signed  by  all  the  Fac- 
ulty and  Trustees  and  delivered  to  the  Janitor,  Henry 
Peck,  is  to  all  a  familiar  tradition  about  the  campus.  He 
is  as  proud  of  his  diploma  as  any  man  that  received 
one  from  the  President  on  the  platform. 

Many  tales  might  be  told  to  lighten  the  tedium  of  dull 
history  illustrative  of  the  terrors  of  the  old  espionage 
system  of  the  by-gones.  Hair-breadth  escapes  from  the 
professors,  marvelous  foot-races,  vengeful  pranks,  and 
April-fool  escapades,  etc.  But  all  is  different  now.  The 
government  is  fraternal  and  paternal.  Boys  are  trusted. 
Their  word  is  taken  absolutely,  and  thus  responsibility 
is  put  where  it  counts  for  most. 

ATHLETICS. 

During  a  larger  part  of  the  history  of  the  institu- 
tion, the  students  have  had  few  restrictions  as  to  their 
games  and  sports.  In  the  main,  intercollegiate  games 
of  base-ball  and  tennis  have  been  permitted  under  cer- 
tain regulations,  such  as  requiring  certain  grades  of  the 
players,  and  the  written  consent  of  the  parents,  etc.  In- 


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63 


BASEBALL  TEAM,  1904. 

Jim  Hamilton;  R.  B  McGehee  (Capt.)  Dan  Littlepage;  E.  B. 
Dunlap  (Coach)  ;  Archie  McDonald;  W.  O.  Turnipseed ;  B. 
Jones;  Bestor  Ward;  V.  P.  Cherry;  P.  D.  McGehee;  G.  Ktl- 
lough;  Clinton  Howard;  F.  E.  Hastings  (Mgr.) 

tercollegiate  games  of  foot-ball  are  thought  too  violent  and 
have  been  prohibited.  There  is  still  much  division  of 
opinion  as  to  the  value  of  these  games,  considering  the 
loss  of  time  and  danger  to  life  and  morals.  Both  views 
were  thoroughly  discussed  by  Andrew  Sledd  and  J.  E. 
McCann  in  "The  Southern  University  Review  and  Bul- 
letin" November,  1903. 

On  the  erection  of  the  Gymnasium  a  certain  number 
of  hours  each  week  is  required.  The  open-air  sports 
seem  to  be  entered  into  with  more  enthusiasm  than  the 
indoor  gymnastic  practice,  and  hence  it  is  perhaps  more 
profitable  as  health-giving  relaxation  and  invigoration 
of  mind  and  body. 


64  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

GYMNASIUM. 

The  new  gymnasium  building  is  67x74  feet,  extreme 
dimensions.  On  either  side  of  the  main  building  at  the 
front  are  two  smaller  rooms  used  for  shower  baths  and 
store  room.  The  front  is  cut  off  for  dressing  and  locker 
rooms,  and  an  office  for  the  gymnasium  instructor. 
Above  these  rooms  is  a  visitors'  gallery.  The  building 
is  a  frame,  veneered  with  brick. 

The  equipment  is  modern  and  adequate.  Besides  dumb 
bells,  wands,  barbells,  and  Indian  clubs,  apparatus  for 
heavier  work,  such  as  climbing  rope,  triplicate  wall  ma- 
chine, horse,  wall  and  horizontal  bar,  suspended  bar, 
horizontal  ladder,  parallel  bars,  spring  board,  jump 
stands,  traveling  rings  and  mats,  are  provided.  There 
are  also  medicine  balls,  hand  balls  and  basket  balls. 


66  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

CLARIOSOPHIC    LITERARY    SOCIETY. 

The  Southern  University  opened  its  doors  to  students 
October  3,  1859.  On  October  29,  of  the  same  year  a 
number  of  students  of  the  University  met  for  the  pur- 
pose of  forming  a  literary  society.  Mr.  C.  D.  Christian 
was  called  to  the  chair.  He  briefly  stated  the  purpose 
of  the  meeting,  and  the  body  then  elected  the  following 
officers : 

J.  V.  Glass,  President;  C.  D.  Christian,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; F.  B.  Terrell,  Recording  Secretary;  F.  L.  Glover, 
Treasurer;  L.  A.  Felden,  Corresponding  Secretary;  S. 
W.  Chadwick,  Censor;  and  W.  R.  Randle,  Librarian. 

At  the  next  meeting,  which  was  November  5,  1859, 
on  motion  of  F.  B.  Terrell,  it  was  called  "The  Clariosophic 
Society  of  the  Southern  University." 

The  drafters  of  the  first  Constitution  were  W.  R. 
Randle,  Joe  Atkinson  and  A.  M.  Jones.  There  is  also  a 
vote  of  thanks  in  the  minutes  of  the  society  to  Mr.  R. 
W.  Banks  for  assistance  given  the  committee  on  consti- 
tution. 

The  first  constitution  was  not  what  the  students 
wanted,  so  on  March  24,  1860,  Mr.  William  G.  Hill,  of 
Franklin  College,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Phi  Kappi 
Sigma  Society  there,  procured  a  copy  of  the  constitution 
of  his  society  and  merged  the  Clarios  into  a  chapter  of 
the  Phi  Kappa  Sigma.  This  organization  had  its  origin 
in  Oxford,  England,  and  the  constitution  last  adopted 
was  a  copy  of  the  original  one. 

After  being  initiated  into  the  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  So- 
ciety, they  adopted  the  name  "Clariosophic"  which  is 
the  name  held  in  England  and  at  the  University  of  Geor- 
gia. After  this  the  society  is  mentioned  in  the  minutes 
as  the  Alabama  Chapter  of  Phi  Kappa  Sigma. 

From  the  very  first  the  minutes  have  been  kept  in 
full  and  the  names  of  the  speakers  for  each  meeting  ap- 
pear. We  find  where  a  committee  was  appointed  on 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  67 

books,  and  this  committee  did  excellent  work  in  getting 
a  library  for  the  society. 

On  March  2,  1861,  we  find  a  report  from  the  libra- 
rian, Mr.  S.  W.  Chadwick,  which  states  that  in  one  month 
seventy-one  volumes  were  added  to  the  library,  fifty- 
eight  were  given  by  regular  members,  and  the  others 
by  Hon.  Edward  Everett,  Hon.  Syd  Moore,  and  Dr.  W. 
M.  Wightman.  When  the  library  had  outgrown  the  ex- 
pectancy of  the  society  it  was  given  to  the  University, 
and  the  collection  placed  in  the  regular  college  library. 
The  society  retained  the  name  "Clariosophic,"  as  a  chap- 
ter name,  and  its  members  are  always  known  as 
"Clarios."  Both  names  appear  in  the  yell  which  is  as 
follows : 

"Ho!  Ho!  Ho! 

Clario ! 

Phi  Kappa  Sigma 

Ho!  Ho!  Ho!" 

The  Clariosophic  Society  was  fortunate  in  becoming 
a  chapter  of  Phi  Kappa  Sigma.  It  was  not  compelled 
to  begin  at  the  bottom  and  climb  up  through  the  various 
stages  of  inferiority  and  mediocrity  to  success,  but  be- 
gan its  existence  with  forty  years  experience  behind  it. 

After  its  reorganization  as  a  chapter  of  Phi  Kappa 
Sigma,  its  members  found  no  cause  for  complaint,  but 
set  themselves  to  work  to  emulate  the  example  of  Phi 
Sigma's  noblest  sons  of  earlier  years.  They  saw,  on  the 
roll  of  members,  such  names  as  Robert  Toombs  and  Alex- 
ander H.  Stephens,  and  they  realized  that  they  must 
work  if  they  were  to  show  themselves  worthy  of  such 
a  post. 

Although  the  Alabama  chapter  had  been  in  existence 
only  one  year  when  the  civil  war  began;  it  furnished  its 
quota  to  the  ranks  of  the  Confederate  army.  While  the 
mother  chapter  can  claim  the  honor  of  furnishing  the 
Vice-President  of  the  Confederacy,  the  daughter  can 


68  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

claim  the  honor  of  furnishing  brave  men,  who  poured  out 
their  life's  blood  to  protect  their  homes  from  the  in- 
vader. 

Since  the  close  of  the  war  between  the  States,  the  so- 
ciety has  shared  the  varying  fortunes  of  the  Southern 
University.  The  handsome  endowment  of  the  latter  was 
swept  away  by  the  war  and  very  few  Southern  boys 
were  able  to  attend  college  during  the  years  of  disorder 
and  unrest  that  characterized  the  reconstruction  period. 
During  those  years  the  society  was  small.  Since  that 
time,  however,  notwithstanding  the  vicissitudes  of  for- 
tune, the  tendency  of  the  college  has  been  upward. 

With  the  increase  of  students  the  society  grew.  Some- 
times it  secured  more  members  than  the  rival  society, 
sometimes  less. 

During  the  last  fewr  years,  comprehended  within  the 
narrow  limits  of  the  memory  of  the  present  generation 
of  college  students,  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  has  lost  most  of 
the  challenge  debates  with  the  ''Belles  Lettres,"  and  has 
won  most  of  the  society  medals  offered  for  oratory.  She 
has  won  her  share  of  other  medals  for  oratory  and  com- 
position. Beginning  with  the  year  1900-1901,  a  medal 
has  been  awarded  each  commencement,  to  the  student 
making  the  highest  general  average  of  grades  during 
the  year.  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  has  won  all  of  these  and 
has  had  more  men  on  the  honor  roll  than  the  rival  so- 
ciety, although  the  other  has  had  more  members.  The 
Clariosophic  Society  has  sent  out  over  60  per  cent,  of 
the  graduates  from  this  school  during  the  last  six  years. 

Today  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  looks  back  over  forty-six 
years  of  continued  existence.  The  rules  and  regulations 
governing  it  have  undergone  many  changes.  It  has  be- 
come a  secret  organization — partaking,  somewhat,  of  the 
nature  of  a  fraternity.  The  parent  chapter  has  adopted 
itself  to  the  conditions  in  its  own  school  and  the  daugh- 
ter, to  the  conditions  in  the  Southern  University.  Lack- 
ing a  common  council  to  keep  them  alike,  they  have 


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69 


grown  apart.  Still  the  two  chapters  are  alike  in  spirit, 
if  not  in  form.  The  same  life  is  in  each.  Both  limbs 
draw  life  and  inspiration  from  the  same  trunk.  Part 
of  the  past  of  each  is  the  past  of  the  other. 

Alabama  chapter  has,  now,  a  long  roll  of  her  own 
members.  Many  of  these  have  taken  degrees  at  the 
Southern  University  and  some  have  graduated  elsewhere. 
Many  have  gone  out  into  life  without  graduating  at  all. 
But  whether  they  have  graduated  or  not,  they  have  all 


THOMAS  SEAY,  A.  M.,  '67, 

Prof,  of   Law.     Governor  of 
Alabama. 

received  inspiration  from  the  old  society,  and  the  same 
ardent  affections  that  bind  us  in  our  youth  shall  cheer 
us  and  bind  us  when  we  are  old. 

This  article  would  not  be  complete  without  the  name 
of  a  few  members  who  have  graduated  at  Southern  Uni- 
versity. As  space  is  limited,  I  shall  only  mention  a  few. 


70  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

M.  B.  Chapman,  '67,  D.  D.,  Archaeologist  and  Author. 
An  article  from  him  is  read  by  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
people  every  week  in  our  Sunday  School  Magazine  under 
the  head  of  "The  Voice  From  the  East." 

Junius  Jordan,  '67,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  L.  L.  D.,  Professor 
Pedagogy,  University  of  Arkansas. 

Thomas  Seay,  '67,  A.  M.,  L.  L.  D.,  Governor  of  Ala- 
bama ('86-'90.) 

F.  M.  Peterson,  '73,  A.  M.,  D.  D.,  former  President 
Girls'  Industrial  School,  at  Montevallo. 

J.  A.  Moore,  '81,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  former  Professor  Math- 
ematics, Millsaps. 

E.  K.  Turner,  '92,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  Latin, 
Emory  College. 

D.  P.  Christenberry,  '88,  A.  M.,  Professor  English, 
Southern  University. 

S.  M.  Hosmer,  B.  P.,  D.  D.,  President  Southern  Uni- 
versity. 

Phi  Kappa  Sigma  has  much  to  be  proud  of,  but  she 
expects  to  improve  still,  as  the  years  go  by.  The  present 
members  are  doing  what  they  can  to  beautify  their  hall, 
and  keep  the  aim  of  the  society  before  them. 

The  Alumni  of  the  society  are  urged  to  be  present  at 
Commencement.  The  men  in  school  will  be  glad  to  meet 
all  the  old  members,  and  give  the  hearty  welcome  of  Phi 
Kappa  Sigma. 

J.  H.  WILLIAMS. 

THE  BELLES  LETTRES  SOCIETY. 

Feeling  the  necessity  of  cultivating  those  faculties  of 
the  mind  uneducated  by  collegiate  studies,  and  the  neces- 
sity of  general  reading  for  acquiring  liberal  and  intelli- 
gent views,  C.  B.  Clarke, May,  G.  W.  Creagh,  H. 

Urquhart,  and  C.  C.  Ellis  met,  on  October  28,  1859,  in 
the  large  hall  in  the  east  end  of  the  University  building 
for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  literary  society.  Over 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  71 

this  little  band  of  workers  C.  B.  Clarke  was  first  called 
to  preside. 

It  was  then,  in  the  regular  order  of  business,  that  the 
name  Belles  Lettres  was  adopted  to  designate  the  real 
purpose  of  the  organization. 

Unlike  the  Clariosophic  Society,  the  Belles  Lettres  had 
to  pass  through  its  infantile  trials  at  a  time  of  peculiar 
severity.  The  civil  strife  had  really  begun  at  its  very 
birth,  and  the  spirit  of  destruction  was  abroad  in  the 
land.  But  nothing  could  discourage  those  five  dauntless 
men  who  had  adopted  as  their  motto  the  deep  sentiment 
contained  in  those  initial  letters  Alpha  Kappa  Phi.  And, 
with  the  true  spirit  of  this  motto  they  set  in  motion 
influences  that  are  telling  in  the  lives  of  Belles  Lettres 
men  wherever  they  may  be  found. 

Owing  to  the  small  number  of  members  some  of  the 
offices  were  necessarily  left  vacant,  to  be  supplied  when 
other  members  should  be  elected.  At  a  called  meeting 
on  November  3,  1859,  the  names  of  B.  M.  Huey,  R.  H. 
Henly,  J.  C.  Duncan,  E.  F.  Ramsey,  J.  W.  Harris,  J.  E. 
Drake,  W.  W.  Peterson  and  R.  H.  Jackson  were  proposed 
for  membership  and  were  elected  by  unanimous  vote. 
B.  M.  Huey  was  then  chsoen  Vice-President  for  the  so- 
ciety. From  time  to  time  the  number  of  members  was 
increased  until  it  reached  about  twenty.  With  this  goodly 
number  the  society  began  to  furnish  the  hall,  and  to  es- 
tablish a  library  for  the  exclusive  use  of  its  members. 
This  done,  every  effort  henceforth  was  expended  in  the 
effort  to  develop  the  oratorical  powers  and  to  cultivate 
the  taste  for  good  literature. 

With  a  great  deal  of  interest  one  reads  the  records  of 
the  proceedings  of  this  society  during  the  dark  days  that 
immediately  followed  its  organization.  Not  a  note  of 
sectional  bitterness  is  sounded,  but  seemingly  all  are  in- 
tent on  gaining  something  for  practical  use  in  life.  A 
spirit  of  cheer  and  light-heartedness  seems  imprinted  on 
every  page.  Indications  of  progress  are  in  the  facts  con- 


72  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

tained  there,  and  general  interest  and  enthusiasm  seem 
to  prevail  until  we  turn  into  the  record  of  the  meeting  on 
April  27,  1862,  and  read:  "The  society  met  today,  con- 
sisting of  Messrs.  Urquhart,  McKinsey,  Jackson,  and 
Drake  (the  remaining  members  being  then  in  the  army 
of  their  country)"  and  then  notice  the  air  of  solemnity 
with  which  this  little  remnant  paid  their  respects  to  the 
departed  spirit  of  their  brother,  Robert  W.  Avery,  who 
died  in  the  service  of  his  country.  This  little  remnant 
of  men  met  many  difficulties  during  that  terrible  period 
of  war,  when  the  life  of  the  whole  college  was  deeply 
shadowed,  but  with  the  true  spirit  they  managed,  some- 
how, to  keep  up  a  lively  interest  throughout.  In  1866 
we  find  only  two  students  returned  to  advocate  the  Belles 
Lettres  cause;  but,  never  failing  to  replenish  their  num- 
ber at  every  good  opportunity,  they  were,  even  that 
year,  enabled  to  carry  on  the  work  to  great  advantage. 
Throughout  this  period  of  gloom  J.  E.  Drake  was  one 
of  the  leading  spirits. 

As  the  gloom  of  the  war  and  its  attending  difficulties 
faded  away  the  life  of  the  whole  college  revived,  and  nat- 
urally the  society  grew  vigorous  and  henceforth  had  noth- 
ing but  a  very  optimistic  outlook.  The  "Seventies"  mark- 
ed an  epoch  of  very  great  progress  in  both  literary  so- 
cieties, Belles  Lettres  and  Clariosophh,  and  following  in 
the  natural  course  of  events,  the  desire  to  test  their 
strength,  in  a  competitive  way,  seized  the  "Clarios,"  as 
they  are  popularly  known,  and  gave  rise  to  the  selection  of 
two  of  their  best  men,  N.  L.  Whitfield  End  E.  W.  deGraf- 
fenried,  to  challenge  a  like  number  of  Belles  Lettres  to 
meet  them  in  public  debate.  This  challenge  was  issued 
on  November  25,  1878,  and  on  November  26,  1878,  at  a 
called  meeting  of  the  Belles  Lettres,  the  challenge  was 
accepted,  evincing  the  fact  that  the  Belles  Lettres  were 
proud  of  an  opportunity  to  unfurl  their  banner  against 
that  of  the  sister  society  at  a  public  contest.  This  led 
to  the  selection  of  L.  D.  Landrum  and  Taylor,  to  repre- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  73 

sent  Belles  Lettres.  Thus,  what  has  been  known  since 
as  challenge  debate,  was  established,  and  has  been  a  very 
great  factor  in  the  development  of  the  faculties  for  de- 
bate. The  occasion  of  challenge  debate  is  looked  forward 
to  with  much  interest,  and  to  be  chosen  to  represent 
the  society  in  this  contest  is  considered  no  mean  honor. 
During  the  evening  of  the  debate  it  is  indeed  thrilling  to 
watch  the  manifestations  of  enthusiasm  on  the  part  of 
the  members  of  the  societies.  When  the  chosen  repre- 
sentatives enter  the  hall,  preceded  by  the  richly  colored 
banners,  the  peals  of 

Rah!  Ho!  Re! 

Rah!  Ho!  Ri! 

Belles  Lettres,  Belles  Lettres! 

Alpha  Kappa  Phi! 

seem  to  thrill  the  Belles  Lettres  debaters  to  wield  their 
intellectual  battle-axes  in  an  invincible  way.  And  who 
does  not  remember  with  what  anxious  restlessness  we 
have  awaited  the  announcement  of  the  decision  of  the 
judges  of  the  contest?  And,  after  the  decision,  how  the 
air  was  filled  with  the  hats  and  the  caps  of  the  victors, 
and  how  the  ears  were  tortured  by  the  yells  of  triumph? 
This  enthusiasm  was  made  the  greater  by  the  real  heat 
of  the  contest,  for  neither  side  ever  felt  that  the  victo- 
tory  was  cheaply  bought. 

This  spirit  of  rivalry  has  contributed  much  to  the 
growth  of  the  society  in  every  particular.  The  "Clarios" 
have  found  that,  although  they  began  their  career  at  the 
Southern  University  as  a  chapter  of  the  already  existing 
Phi  Kappa  Sigma  Society,  of  which  fact  they  are  justly 
proud,  the  youth  of  the  Belles  Lettres  Society  gave  it  a 
vigor  that  would  not,  if  it  could,  sit  idly  on  an  already  es- 
tablished reputation. 

The  effect  has  been  a  constant  struggle  for  supremacy 
which  has  produced  such  specimens  as  Dr.  J.  0.  Keener, 


74  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

Dr.  W.  B.  Murrah,  Robert  T.  Nabors,  Captain  R.  P.  Hob- 
son,  Congressman  J.  T.  Heflin,  Hon.  B.  M.  Huey  and 
many  others  of  that  type  who  attribute  their  success 
largely  to  the  work  done  in  the  Belles  Lettres  Society. 

Connected  with  the  public  affairs  of  the  society  there  is 
also  another  important  and  interesting  occasion,  that  is, 
the  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the  so- 
ciety on  the  first  Friday  night  of  May  of  every  year.  This 
occasion  has  not  the  heat  of  enthusiasm  that  naturally 
comes  with  the  inter-society  debate,  but  it  it  of  a  nature 
that  renders  it  fully  as  interesting.  The  program  for  the 
occasion  consists  of  an  oration  by  an  alumnus  of  the  so- 
ciety and  a  debate  by  four  representatives  chosen  from 
the  roll  of  active  members. 

The  society  no  longer  operates  the  library  as  formerly, 
but  on  February  20,  1899,  deeded  it  to  the  Southern  Uni- 
versity and  it  is  now  operated  in  connection  with  the 
college  library. 

Of  late  years  special  efforts  have  bean  made  to  beautify 
the  society  hall.  Instead  of  the  old  wooden  ceiling  we 
have  an  elegant  steel  ceiling,  with  other  improvements 
correspondingly  elegant.  The  finishing  touch  in  the 
beautifying  of  the  hall  was  made  when  the  two  beautiful 
electric  chandeliers  were  recently  hung.  This  careful  at- 
tention to  the  outward  appearances  is  but  an  expression 
of  the  deep  interest  of  the  members  in  the  work  of  the 
society. 

For  many  years  after  the  organization  of  the  society 
its  meetings  were  held  on  Saturday  mornings,  but  they 
are  now  held  on  Saturday  evening,  and  a  goodly  number 
of  members  are  found  in  their  places  at  every  meeting 
anxious  to  meet  whatever  duties  the  society  may  impose. 
Interest  may  lag  in  other  departments  of  college  life, 
but  never  here. 

The  society  is  proud  of  its  past,  proud  of  the  period  of 
its  birth,  for  which  such  environments  no  purposeless 
organization  could  survive  during  its  infancy.  The  re- 


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75 


cords  of  the  past  are  an  inspiration  to  the  present.  The 
society  today  is  wielding  a  greater  influence  than  its 
founders,  perhaps,  ever  dreamed  of.  Let  us  hope  that 
the  horizon  of  its  influence  may  continue  to  broaden  and 
thus  touch  more  men  so  as  to  fit  them  for  the  practical 
walks  of  life. 

CHARLES  BENSON  DANIEL. 


F.  M.  DOMINICK. 
FRATERNITIES  AT  THE  SOUTHERN  UNIVERSITY. 


F.  M.  DOMINICK. 


Fraternities  as  departments  of  student-life  play  an 
important  part  in  American  colleges.  There  are  at  pres- 
ent four  such  organizations  at  the  Southern  University, 
and  two  have  established  chapters  here,  which  afterwards 
died.  We  shall  give  a  short  account  of  each  in  the  order 
of  the  seniority  of  the  local  chapters.  The  two  that  do 
not  now  have  chapters  here  must  necessarily  be  noted 
briefly,  on  account  of  the  absence  of  records,  etc. 


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PI  KAPPA  ALPHA. 

In  1871,  the  Pi  Kappa  Alpha  fraternity  granted  a  char- 
ter to  Delta  chapter,  at  the  Southern  University,  with  the 
following  members:  George  H.  Bradfield,  J.  M.  Hale, 
Charles  T.  Gordon,  J.  S.  Hunnicut,  J.  0.  Keener,  N.  R. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  77 

Lindsey,  A.  McCollum,  W.  B.  Murrah,  Robert  T.  Nabors, 
Alexander  Powe,  John  P.  Robertson,  G.  D.  Stollenwerck, 
M.  D.  Thomasson,  and  George  S.  Vaughan.  In  1873,  the 
charter  was  surrendered  on  account  of  the  decreased  at- 
tendance of  the  college.  However,  after  some  thirty-two 
years,  the  fraternity  again  entered  the  college  by  renew- 
ing in  November,  1905,  the  charter  of  Delta,  with  five 
charter  members:  J.  T.  Willcoxon,  George  M.  Watson, 
N.  G.  Cammack,  V.  M.  Shamburger,  S.  E.  Scarborough. 
They  have  a  nicely  furnished  home  down  town,  and  have 
set  to  work  with  enthusiasm  to  make  up  for  the  thirty- 
three  years  of  lost  time. 

SIGMA  ALPHA  EPSILON. 

Alabama  Iota  Chapter  of  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  was 
founded  by  Hon.  J.  E.  D.  Shipp,  now  a  prominent  attorney 
of  Americus,  Ga.,  on  November  20,  1878.  Mr.  Shipp  was 
a  member  of  Alpha  Mu  chapter  at  Auburn.  The  charter 
members  were:  C.  B.  Walker,  now  deceased;  J.  H.  Bell, 
Quitman,  Miss. ;  and  J.  M.  Kendall,  of  Eufaula,  Ala.  Dur- 
ing '81-82,  owing  to  the  great  financial  embarrassment  of 
the  college  and  the  small  percentage  of  students,  the 
charter  was  withdrawn  from  Alabama  Iota  by  the  fra- 
ternity. However,  in  '83-84  the  chapter  was  re-establish- 
ed, the  renewal  taking  place  on  January  26,  1884,  with 
two  old  members  and  five  new  initiates.  Since  that  time 
the  chapter  has  had  a  continuous  and  prosperous  exis- 
tence. Two  hundred  and  twenty  men  have  been  inducted 
into  the  mysteries  of  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  by  Alabama 
Iota.  Among  them  are  numbered  some  of  Southern  Uni- 
versity's most  promising  Alumni,  in  the  church,  in  law, 
in  medicine,  in  business,  in  education,  and  in  the  various 
other  activities  of  life.  All  have  contributed  to  the  honor 
of  the  college  and  to  the  glory  of  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon. 

Among  the  most  honored  and  revered  initiates  of  Ala- 
bama Iota,  must  be  mentioned  former  Chancellor  Luther 


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THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


IOTA  CHAPTER.   SIGMA   ALPHA   EPSILON  FRATERNITY 

Top  Row— J    W    Cleveland,  A.  H.  McDonnell    W.  R.  Hosmer,  J.  C. 

Carr,  F.  S   Whatley. 
Bottom  Row— R   B.  Carr   P.  B.  Jarmon,  F.  E.  Spann,  L.  J.  Weber. 

M.  Smith,  of  the  Southern  University.  The  life  of  this 
gre  educator  and  preacher  alone  is  contribution  enough 
from  Alabama  Iota  to  the  fraternity  in  general.  The 
fraternity  also  initiated  Professor  C.  A.  Grote,  of  the 
faculty,  in  December,  1878. 

Like  the  other  fraternities,  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  rented 
rooms  until  1908,  when  they  erected  a  neat  chapter  hall 
of  their  own — the  first  S.  U.  chapter  to  own  its  building. 


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79 


SIGMA   CHI    FRATERNITY. 

(Standing) — 1,  Milligan;  2,  Stickney,  W.  B.;  3,  Cummings.  J.  B  ; 
4,  Eppes,  John;  5,  Allen,  Charles;  6,  Moore,  M.  H.;  7,  Tur- 
ner, Jack;  8,  Feagin.  (Sitting) — 1,  Ward,  E.  B.;  2,  Landrum, 
L.  D.;  3,  Tarry,  Geo.  W  ;  4,  Johnson,  Henry;  5,  Ward,  T.  R.; 
6,  Landrum,  Zack  P  ;  7,  Rencher,  W.  P. 


SIGMA  CHI 

Chi  Chi  chapter,  of  Sigma  Chi  was  chartered  in  1879, 
and  continued  at  Southern  University  until  1882.  It 
then  lost  its  charter  because  of  the  failure  of  any  of  its 
members  to  return  to  college  after  the  vacation.  During 
its  short  life  Chi  Chi  initiated  into  Sigma  Chi  twenty- 
three  men. 


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PHARES   COLEMAN, 
Founder  of  Phi  Chapter  of  K   A    Fraternity. 

KAPPA  ALPHA. 

Phi  chapter  of  the  Kappa  Alpha  order  was  born  in  the 
old  Nelson  mansion,  for  many  years  a  landmark  in 
Greensboro.  This  house  has  since  been  torn  down.  Hon 
Phares  Coleman,  of  Montgomery,  then  a  resident  of 
Greensboro,  was  among  the  most  active  of  its  founders. 
He  worked  and  labored  for  its  founding  until  success 
crowned  his  efforts.  In  1882,  a  charter  was  granted  to 
the  following  students :  W.  A.  Compton,  Jefferson,  Ala. ; 
O.  Skinner^Old  Spring  Hill,  Ala.;  J.  R.  Connerley,  Vien- 
na, Ala. ;  U.  E.  Scales,  Coatopa,  Ala. ;  John  R.  Morris, 
Whistler,  Ala. ;  Ross  P.  Cox,  Citronelle,  Ala. ;  Percy  Wood. 
Selma,  Ala.;  Phares  Coleman,  Greensboro,  Ala.;  George 
W.  Hill,  Gainesville,  Ala.;  James  H.  Webb,  Nann  Hub- 
ba,  Ala. 

The  chapter  has  never  existed  sub  rosa,  being  recog- 
nized by  the  faculty  from  its  birth.  In  1882-83,  the  chap- 
ter was  inactive  on  account  of  the  small  number  of  boys 


82  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

in  the  college,  but  since  that  time,  it  has  had  a  continu- 
ous existence.  The  fraternity  first  rented  a  hall  down 
town  in  the  old  Odd  Fellows  Lodge,  but  for  several  years 
they  have  been  in  possession  of  an  elegantly  furnished 
room  in  the  college  building. 

From  year  to  year,  the  chapter  has  continued  to  pros- 
per, until  now  her  alumni  number  215.  They  have  gone 
forth  into  life  to  take  their  part  in  the  struggle  and  to  ex- 
emplify the  truths  of  Kappa  Alpha  where  the  exemplifi- 
cation gives  honor  to  their  college  and  to  their  order. 
Three  of  her  sons,  E.  L.  Brown,  D.  P.  Christenberry, 
and  L.  P.  Giddens,  have  occupied  places  in  the  faculty  of 
their  Alma  Mater,  while  one,  R.  P.  Hobson,  has  attained 
to  world-wide  celebrity  as  a  naval  commander  and  a  true 
and  unswerving  patriot.  Nineteen  hundred  and  six  marks 
the  twenty-fourth  year  of  Kappa  Alpha  at  Southern  Uni- 
versity, and  its  members  are  proud  of  the  humble  share 
Phi  chapter  has  had  in  the  order  itself,  and  in  the  devel- 
opment of  college  life  at  this  institution. 


IOTA  PHI. 

The  Iota  Phi  fraternity  was  established  at  the  South- 
ern University  in  1884.  Its  founders  secured  a  charter 
from  the  State  of  Alabama.  Their  intention  was  to  ex- 
pand and  establish  chapters  in  other  colleges,  but  after 
an  existence  of  four  years,  the  fraternity  disbanded, 
some  of  its  members  joining  the  chapters  of  the  other  fra- 
ternities represented  at  "the  college.  H.  T.  Strout,  Pres- 
ident; H.  Graham  Benners,  Secretary,  and  John  W.  Rol- 
lins, Treasurer,  are  the  names  which  appear  upon  the 
fraternity's  charter. 


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83 


REV.  T.  R.  MCCARTY 

Founder  Beta  Beta  Chapter    Alpha  Tau  Omega 
ALPHA  TAU4  OMEGA. 

Beta  Beta  chapter  of  the  Alpha  Tau  Omega  fraternity 
was  established  March  28,  1885,  by  Mr.  T.  R.  McCarty,  of 
Alpha  Epsilon  chapter,  at  Auburn.  The  founder,  know- 
ing the  mysterious  nature  of  the  order,  selected  a  peculi- 
arly appropriate  place  for  the  initiation  ceremony, 
Stoke's  graveyard  to  the  north  of  town.  There  in  that 
very  fraternity  atmosphere  nine  prominent  and  popular 
young  men  took  the  oath  that  made  them  Alpha  Taus. 
For  a  month  and  a  half  the  chapter  was  sub  rosa. 

Beta  Beta  from  the  start  has  held  a  high  place  among 
the  chapters  of  the  fraternities  in  the  Southern  Univer- 
sity and  an  equally  high  place  among  the  other  chapters 
of  Alpha  Tau  Omega. 

After  twenty-one  years,  Beta  Beta  is  truly  full  grown. 
To  the  little  band  of  the  first  year  hav'3  in  that  time  been 
added  169.  Its  alumni  are  scattered  all  over  our  coun- 
try and  are  doing  honor  to  it  and  to  the  Southern  Uni- 
versity. Three  members  of  the  first  chapter  were  pro- 


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THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 


fessors  in  the  institution,  Dr.  Francis  M.  Peterson,  for- 
mer President  of  the  Alabama  Girls'  Industrial  School, 
at  Montevallo,  and  C.  P.  Atkinson.  Two  others  have  been 
selected  to  serve  as  members  of  the  faculty  of  their  Alma 
Mater,  after  their  initiation  into  Alpha  Tau  Omega. 

The  first  chapter  roll  was  as  follows:  T.  K.  Terrell,  E. 
M.  Craig,  H.  B.  Farish,  0.  C.  Farish,  John  F.  Gillis,  Jo- 
seph E.  Hutchinson,  R.  H.  Long,  W.  H.  Moore,  Professor 
F.  M.  Peterson,  W.  C.  Swanson,  J.  L.  Moore,  F.  E.  Porter, 
W.  R.  Porter,  E.  W.  Ormond,  W.  B.  Hendrick,  R.  L. 
Stough,  L.  L.  Smith. 


BETA  BETA  CHAPTER,  ALPHA  TAU  OMEGA  FRATERNITY 

LSOO. 

From  Left  to  Right — F  E.  Chapman.  Alonzo  Abrams  M  N.  Car- 
penter, W.  H.  Moore,  W.  W.  McGehee.  D.  E  Shoaff,  T.  M. 
Purcell,  Leon  Watkins,  R.  H.  Bryant,  R.  E  Ledbetter,  J.  W. 
Frazer,  W.  Pierce  Chilton  L.  Carroll  Steele,  Geo.  N.  Wilson, 
A.  C.  Davis,  C.  L.  Chilton,  Jr ,  Reid  Lawson. 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  85 

PHI  DELTA  THETA. 

Alabama  Gamma  chapter  of  the  Phi  Delta  Theta  frater- 
nity was  chartered  at  the  Southern  University  in  1887, 
and  continued  until  1896.  At  that  time  the  charter  was 
withdrawn  by  the  officers  of  the  fraternity.  Rev.  W.  F. 
Andrews,  A.  M.,  '86,  now  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  was  the 
founder  of  the  chapter.  During  its  nine  years  of  life, 
Gamma  initiated  122  men,  and  always  occupied  a  promi- 
nent place  among  the  fraternities  in  the  college.  Its 
members  were  numbered  among  the  leading  students, 
and  its  alumni  are  reflecting  honor  upon  themselves  and 
the  institution.  Phi  Delta  Theta  occupied,  as  did  the 
other  fraternities,  an  elegantly  furnished  chapter  room  in 
the  main  college  building.  Since  the  withdrawal  of  the 
fraternity  from  this  institution,  their  chapter  room  has 
been  converted  into  a  sitting  room  for  the  "co-eds."  We 
regret  very  much  our  inability  to  give  a  more  extended 
account  of  Gamma,  but  owing  to  the  removal  of  all  re- 
cords at  the  chapter's  withdrawal,  the  data  was  not  ob- 
tained. 


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THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


PHI  DELTA  THETA  FRATERNITY,  1895. 

1,  Will  Tebault;  2,  Chas.  McLeod;  3,  S.  C.  Folkes;  4,  James  V. 
Brown;  5,  Olin  Newman;  6,  Marvin  Kendrick;  7,  Hugh 
Hamil;  8,  J.  A.  Baxley;  9,  Edward  Gaines;  10,  Percy  Knick- 
erbocker; 11,  Seay  deGraffenried ;  12,  Miss  Ella  Keener;  13, 
Mrs.  J.  O.  Keener;  14,  Rev.  J.  O.  Keener,  D.  D.;  15,  Chas. 
Martin;  16,  W.  R.  Bickerstaff;  17,  Holt  Roberts;  18,  Ben 
Wittich;  19,  F.  F.  Whittle. 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  87 

GENERAL  INFORMATION. 


Location  and  Advantages. 

The  Southern  University  is  located  at  Greensboro,  a 
delightful  town  of  two  thousand  five  hundred  inhabi- 
tants, situated  near  the  center  of  the  State,  being  about 
170  miles  from  the  southern,  and  145  miles  from  the 
northern  boundary.  Greensboro  is  on  the  line  of  the 
Southern  Railway.  Daily  trains  to  Selma  and  Akron  ren- 
der the  place  accessible  from  all  quarters.  Greensboro  is 
an  old  Southern  town,  noted  for  its  refined  society,  genu- 
ine college  atmosphere,  and  excellent  health  record.  Cli- 
mate is  mild  and  delightful.  There  is  no  foreign  ele- 
ment. The  town  is  well  supplied  with  good  artesian  wa- 
ter, telephone  and  telegraph  systems,  electric  lights  and 
cherted  streets.  There  are  four  churches — Methodist, 
Presbyterian,  Baptist,  and  Episcopal.  The  social  and  re- 
ligious advantages  are  unsurpassed.  By  special  statute 
the  sale  of  spirituous  liquors  is  prohibited. 

PLANT 

The  plant  of  the  Southern  University  consists  of  twenty 
six  acres  of  land,  level  and  in  one  body.  Upon  this  land 
is  located  the  University  or  main  building ;  Hamilton  Hall, 
used  as  a  dormitory,  accommodating  68  students;  the 
President's  home ;  two  residences  for  professors ;  the  gym- 
nasium, which  is  said  to  be  the  most  complete  college 
gymnasium  in  Alabama ;  the  athletic  field,  which  consists 
of  a  ball  diamond  and  grand  stand,  four  well  finished  ten- 
nis courts,  and  basket  ball  ground.. 


89 


During  the  past  few  years,  more  than  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars have  been  expended  in  equipping  and  beautifying  the 
main  building.  Some  three  thousand  collars  ($3,000)  has 
been  expended  in  the  science  department,  and  more  than 
one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  in  the  library  and  reading 
room.  Hamilton  Hall  has  been  renovated  and  re-furnish- 
ed at  a  cost  of  $1,430.65. 


COLLEGE   RESIDENCE. 
Occupied  by  Prof.  Littleton. 

Tuition,  Fees,  Etc. 

The  student,  upon  admission,  becomes  responsible  for 
tuition  and  matriculation  fees  for  the  entire  term.  No 
reduction  is  granted  in  case  of  dismission,  or  in  case  of 
voluntary  withdrawal,  except  when  necessitated  by  pro- 
tracted illness  or  other  providential  causes. 


90 


THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 


Tuition  fees  are  remitted  to  the  sons  of  itinerant  Meth- 
odist ministers,  and  to  young  men  preparing  themselves 
for  the  itinerant  Methodist  ministry.  The  latter  must 
present  certificates  from  the  presiding  elders  of  the  diS' 
tricts  from  which  they  come,  and  must  connect  themselves 
with  the  church  at  Greensboro.  They  are  required  to 
give  notes  for  tuition  to  be  void  when  they  admitted  into 
full  connection  in  an  Annual  Conference. 


COLLEGE  RESIDENCE. 

Occupied  first  by  J.  C.  Wills,  second  by  Andrew  Sledd,  third  by 
B.   P.   Richardson. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  91 

Aid  to  Worthy  Young  Men. 

It  is  the  policy  of  the  Southern  University  to  aid  wor- 
thy young  men  who  desire  a  college  education  and  who 
cannot  meet  all  necessary  expenses  while  in  college.  Ac- 
cordingly worthy  and  deserving  young  men  will  be  cred- 
ited for  their  tuition  and  required  to  give  their  notes 
for  same,  payable  after  they  leave  college.  A  number 
of  students  partly  support  themselves  while  at  college  by 
work  of  various  kinds  in  Greensboro. 

Expenses 

Session  of  9  months  divided  into  two  terms: 

Tuition  per  term  $25  00 

Matriculation  fee  per  term 4  00 

Library  fee  per  term  2  00 

Gymnasium  fee  per  term  1  50 

Special  Fees 

Chemistry  per  term  $  5  00 

Physics  per  term  1  50 

Biology  per  term  1  50 

Diploma 5  00 

These  special  fees,  required  only  of  student  who  enter 
these  departments,  must  be  paid  at  the  beginning  of  the 
term. 

Summary  of  Expenses  for  Entire  Session 

MINIMUM      MEDIUM      MAXIMUM 

Tuition $  50  00  $  50  00  $  50  00 

Matriculation   8  00  8  00  8  00 

Gymnasium  3  00  3  00  3  00 

Library   .                 4  00  4  00  4  00 

Board  .                                          99  00  112  50  135  00 


$164  00     $177  50     $200  00 


92  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

The  above  does  not  include  cost  of  books  and  laundry. 
Books  cost  from  $7.00  to  $12.00  a  year.  Laundry  need 
not  cost  more  than  $10.00  to  $12.00  for  entire  session. 
The  matriculation  fees  and  tuition  must  be  paid  at  the 
beginning  of  each  term. 

LOAN  FUNDS. 

(Catalogue  1906.) 

Martin  Fund 

A  few  years  ago  Mrs.  Amanda  V.  Martin  created  a  loan 
fund,  known  as  the  "Amanda  Martin  Fund,"  which,  un- 
der God,  has  been  a  great  blessing  to  the  college  and  to 
the  young  men  given  by  its  aid  to  the  Methodist  ministry. 

This  fund  was  established  to  assist  young  men  prepar- 
ing for  the  ministry  who  are  otherwise  unable  to  meet  the 
expenses  for  their  college  cource. 

The  beneficiaries  give  their  notes,  which,  for  one  year 
succeeding  date  of  loan,  are  non-interest  bearing. 
Ann  B.  Betts  Fund. 

A  similar  loan  fund  is  now  available  through  the  muni- 
ficence of  Mrs.  Ann  B.  Betts,  whose  bequest  is  gratefully 
acknowledged.  The  interest  accruing  from  this  fund  will 
be  applied  to  the  assistance  of  young  ministers  in  the  pros- 
ecution of  their  studies. 

Banks  Memorial  Fund. 

This  fund  is  established  in  memory  of  Newton  P.  Banks, 
for  the  purpose  of  assisting  young  men  who  are  preparing 
for  the  ministry. 

This  fund  will  be  increased  from  year  to  year,  and  care- 
fully administered  according  to  the  conditions  named  by 
those  who  established  it. 

The  Holloway  Fund 

Mr.  W.  E.  Holloway  has  begun  an  endowment  fund 
which  he  proposes  to  increase  from  time  to  time,  the  same 
to  be  used  according  to  conditions  named  by  him  in 
assisting  young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  93 

The  Dumas  Fund 

This  fund,  established  by  Mrs.  Lelia  Dumas,  will  be  ap- 
plied to  the  endowment  of  the  institution,  administered 
as  directed  by  her.  It  is  her  purpose  to  increase  same 
from  time  to  time. 

The  Wiggins  Fund 

This  fund  established  by  C.  L.  Wiggins,  Pine  Barren, 
Fla.,  will  be  applied  to  the  permanent  endowment  of  the 
institution  and  administered  as  he  directs.  This  fund, 
which  is  already  a  considerable  sum,  will  be  increased 
by  him  from  time  to  time. 

The  Greensboro  Fund 

The  Board  of  Stewards  of  Greensboro  charge  have  cre- 
ated a  loan  fund,  whereby  they  will  assist  worthy  young 
men  from  the  laity  who,  unaided,  are  financially  unable 
to  pursue  their  course.  The  faculty  wish  to  express 
their  appreciation  of  these  gifts  and  their  gratitude  to 
Almighty  God  that  He  is  moving  upon  the  hearts  of  His 
people,  who  are  able  to  do  so,  to  aid  in  this  most  worthy 
cause.  But  the  demand  for  loans  is  far  in  excess  of  the 
supply  of  funds.  Will  not  others  help? 

The  A.  S.  Andrews  Scholarship  Fund. 

This  fund,  established  by  the  Church  at  Union  Springs, 
in  memory  of  Dr.  A.  S.  Andrews,  is  intended  to  be  in- 
creased until  the  interest  on  the  principal  will  support  at 
least  one  student  each  year. 

It  is  indeed  a  worthy  effort  upon  the  part  of  our 
people  at  Union  Springs  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  this 
great  and  good  man,  who  did  so  much  for  Christian  educa- 
tion in  Alabama,  in  this  way. 

The  Scarbrough  Memorial  Fund. 

This  fund  is  established  by  Mrs.  Julia  E.  Scarbrough  in 
memory  of  her  son,  Robert  S.  Scarbrough.  It  is  her  pur- 
pose that  this  fund  shall  be  used  to  aid  worthy  young 
men  who  are  preparing  for  the  ministry  that  they  may 
equip  themselves  well  for  their  high  calling. 


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THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL   HISTORY 

Aid  to  Worthy  Young  Men. 


It  is  the  policy  of  the  Southern  University  to  aid  worthy 
young  men  who  desire  a  college  education  and  who  can- 
not meet  all  necessary  expenses  while  in  college.  Ac- 
cordingly worthy  and  deserving  young  men  will  be  credit- 


REV.  R.  R.  JONES. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


95 


ed  for  their  tuition  and  required  to  give  their  notes  for 
same,  payable  after  they  leave  college.  A  number  of  stu- 
dents partly  support  themselves  while  at  college  by  work 
of  various  kinds  in  Greensboro. 

Bob  Jones  Permanent  Conference  Fund. 
The  Association,  realizing  the  inestimable  benefits 
which  have  accrued  to  the  young  men  and  the  Association 
from  sending  delegates  to  the  Summer  Student  Conference 
at  Ashville,  have  established  a  permanent  conference 
fund.  By  the  aid  of  this  fund,  any  young  man  may  at- 
tend the  Conference,  there  catching  a  glorious  vision  of 
the  Risen  Christ  and  return  to  this  Association  filled  with 


JNO.  A.  STRAITON. 

Architect  and  builder  of  new  Chapel   and  founder  of  the  Ready 
Debater's  Medal. 

inspiration  and  power. 

One-fourth  of  this  fund  which  is  to  be  made  $400.00 
will  be  loaned  each  year  to  student  delegates  from  the 
college.  This  loan  will  bear  interest  after  one  year  from 
the  time  the  student  leaves  college,  if  not  paid  by  that 
date. 

In  appreciation  of  the  generous  gift  of  $100.00  to  the 


96  THE   SEMI-CENTENNIAL    HISTORY 

fund  by  the  Evangelist,  Rev.  R.  R.  Jones,  the  Association 

has  called  it  the  Bob  Jones  Permanent  Conference  Fund. 

Medals  Founded. 

John  A.  Straiton — Ready  Debater. 

John  G.  Apsey — Ready  Writer. 

Hal  Y.  Webb — Scholarship  United  Daughters  of  Con- 
federacy. 

Faculty — Sophomore  Declamation. 

Faculty — Junior  Oration. 

Hamilton  Hall. 

Hamilton  Hall  is  a  dormitory  and  boarding  building 
well  situated  on  a  very  fine  lot  immediately  in  front  of  the 
Main  Building  across  the  street  from  the  campus.  Rooms 
are  let  and  meals  are  furnished.  It  has  been  established 
and  maintained  for  the  benefit  of  those  who  wish  to  pur- 
sue their  college  course  at  the  least  possible  expense. 
Many  of  the  best  students  of  the  University  are  connected 
with  this  department,  and  we  recommend  it  to  the  fa- 
vorable attention  of  our  friends  and  patrons.  The  cost 
of  board,  lights  and  fuel  in  this  department  is  $12.00  per 
month. 

Students  provide  their  own  toilet  articles  and  bed-cloth- 
ing. The  rooms  are  furnished  with  bedsteads,  mattress- 
es, springs,  tables  and  chairs.  The  Hall  is  equipped  with 
electric  lights. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

To  Parents  and  Guardians. 

Parents  and  guardians  are  requested  not  to  encourage 
their  sons  to  visit  their  homes  during  the  session,  or  to 
leave  the  University  until  the  close  of  the  Commence- 
ment exercises. 

Merchants  and  others  are  notified  not  to  credit  stu- 
dents, except  by  written  permission  of  their  parents. 
Frequent  reports  of  the  progress  and  deportment  of  all 
students  are  made  to  the  President.  If  at  any  time  the 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  97 

student  persists  in  being  irregular  in  his  deportment,  or 
fails  in  the  performance  of  his  college  duties,  his  parent 
or  guardian  will  receive  notice. 

Students  from  other  colleges  must  bring  certificates  of 
honorable  dismission.  No  student  shall  be  allowed  the 
possession  of  firearms  or  deadly  weapons. 

No  student  will  be  received  for  a  shorter  period  than 
one  term,  and  all  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  tuition 
fees,  whether  present  or  absent,  until  they  are  regularly 
discharged. 

The  college  fees  in  all  cases,  are  required  to  be  satis- 
factorily settled  before  the  student  is  permitted  to  enter 
upon  a  second  term.  No  student  is  allowed  to  graduate  or 
take  part  in  the  Commencement  exercises,  nor  will  a  cer- 
tificate of  honorable  dismission  be  given,  until  all  arrear- 
ages are  paid. 

Discipline 

In  the  judgment  of  the  Faculty  and  Board  of  Trustees 
the  least  legislation  that  secures  good  government  is  best. 
They  would  encourage  self-control  in  accordance  with  the 
true  ideals  of  life.  Students  are  put  upon  their  honor 
and  trusted  until  it  is  found  they  will  not  respond  to  con- 
fidence, when  they  are  advised  to  return  home. 
Demerit  System 

Censure  of  a  student's  conduct  is  usually  expressed  in 
demerits.  The  President  and  Faculty  deal  with  each  case 
upon  its  merits.  When  the  demerits  of  any  student,  at 
any  time  during  one  term,  shall  have  reached  one  hundred 
and  fifty,  he  will  be  immediately  dismissed,  and  in  no 
case  be  readmitted  into  the  University  except  upon  appli- 
cation, or  in  writing  from  his  parent  or  guardian,  accom- 
panied with  satisfactory  assurance  from  himself  of  future 
good  conduct. 

Diligent  efforts  are  made  to  stimulate  and  encourage 
students  to  faithful  application  in  their  studies,  and  to 
inspire  in  them  an  earnest  desire  for  all  that  goes  to  make 
true  character  and  Christian  manhood. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  99 

Church  Attendance 

All  students  are  required  to  attend  church  Sunday 
morning,  and  are  encouraged  to  atten-i  Sunday  school. 

Chapel  Exercises 

A  morning  service  of  Scripture  reading,  song,  and 
prayer  is  held  five  times  a  week,  and  attendance  is  re- 
quired. Monday  is  made  as  nearly  a  holiday  as  possible, 
and  on  that  day  there  are  only  a  few  .smaller  classes  and 
no  chapel  exercises. 

College  Cal  endar 

A  very  improving  series  of  college  exercises  will  be 
shown  by  reference  to  the  Calendar.  These  will  be  dis- 
tributed according  to  the  dates  there  shown,  and  thus 
come  at  appropriate  intervals  for  the  best  improvement 
of  the  students. 

Schedule  Hours. 

The  weekly  schedule  of  class  periods  cannot  be  varied 
to  avoid  conflicts;  but  students  should  arrange  work  ac- 
cording to  a  plan  so  as  to  avoid  conflicts  for  themselves. 
The  regular  courses  require  three  recitations  per  week 
in  each  subject. 

Absence  from  Recitations 

If  a  student's  absence  from  recitations  in  any  subject 
shall  have  reached  one-eighth  of  the  required  recitations 
in  that  subject  for  one  term,  the  student  must  stand  an 
additional  examination  in  that  subject.  When  the  ab- 
sences from  recitations  shall  have  reached  one-sixth  of 
the  required  recitations  for  one  term,  the  student's  regis- 
tration in  that  class  will  be  cancelled.  A  committee  of 
the  Faculty  may  restore  cancelled  registration  for  satis- 
factory reasons. 

Examinations 

There  are  held  during  the  session  two  examinations, 
which  every  student  is  required  to  attend.  The  interme- 
diate examination  in  January  covers  the  subjects  of  in- 


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THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


struction  of  the  first  half  of  the  course  or  first  term.  The 
final  examination  in  May  covers  the  subjects  studied  dur- 
ing the  second  half  of  the  course  or  second  term. 

These  examinations  are  conducted  in  writing,  and  the 
same  questions  are  to  be  answered  by  the  whole  class. 
Examination  grades  are  combined  and  averaged  with  the 
daily  average  grades.  If  the  student's  final  average  is 
valued  at  80  per  cent,  he  is  ranked  DISTINGUISHED;  70  to 
80  per  cent.,  GOOD;  60  to  70  per  cent.,  PASSABLE;  less  than 
60  per  cent.,  DEFICIENT;  and  his  proficiency  is  not  re- 
garded as  sufficient  to  justify  his  advancement  to  a  higher 
class.  The  examinations  are  sufficiently  comprehensive 
and  difficult  to  render  it  impossible  for  a  student,  with- 
out diligence,  to  secure  a  place  in  the  first  of  these  classes, 
which  is  a  mark  of  honor. 


RESIDENCE  OF  PROF.  C.  P.  ATKINSON. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  101 

Presiding  Elders  of  Greensboro  District  during  the 
history  of  the  college.  The  district  at  one  time  embraced 
the  Birmingham  territory. 

From  W.  E.  W.  Yerby's  History  of  Greensboro. 

T.  J.  Roger,  1852-55;  J.  W.  Starr,  1856;  J.  J.  Hutchin- 
son,  1857-58;  T.  J.  Ramsey,  1859;  Edward  Wadsworth, 
1860;  J.  W.  Starr,  1861;  C.  C.  Callaway,  1862-65; 
Abram  Adams,  1866;  J.  L.  Cotton,  1867-68;  A.  H. 
Mitchell,  1871-79;  S.  H.  Cox,  1880;  H.  Urquhart,  1881- 
84;  J.  Bancroft,  1884-86;  T.  J.  Mangum,  1886;  O.  R. 
Blue,  J.  R.  Peavy,  J.  Bancroft,  O.  C.  McGehee,  John  A. 
Peterson,  W.  P.  Hurt,  E.  A.  Dannelly. 

Preachers  in  Charge. 

C.  C.  Callaway,  1854-55 ;  Edward  Wadsworth,  1856-57 ; 
Wm.  Shapard,  1858-59;  T.  J.  Ramsey,  1860-61;  J.  A. 
Heard,  1862;  R.  H.  Hargrove,  1863;  T.  T.  Ramsey, 
1864-65;  T.  0.  Summers,  1866;  J.  C.  Wills,  1866;  T.  C. 
Weir,  1867-68;  John  S.  Moore,  1869-71;  A.  S.  Andrews, 
1872-75;  O.  R.  Blue,  1875;  H.  Urquhart,  1876;  J.  Lewis: 
Jr.,  1877-80;  F.  M.  Peterson,  1881-84;  A.  S.  Andrews. 
1885 ;  W.  P.  Dickinson,  1886-89 ;  0  .C.  McGehee,  1889-92  ; 
J.  0.  Keener,  1893-04 ;  A.  S.  Andrews,  July,  1894 ;  W.  M. 
Cox,  1894-98;  C.  L.  Chilton,  1898-1902;  T.  R.  McCarty.. 
1902-03 ;  E.  L.  Crawford,  1903-06 ;  Henry  Trawick,  1907. 

The  following  served  as  pastors  while  connected  with 
the  college:  J.  C.  Wills,  John  S.  Moore,  A.  S.  Andrews. 
J.  Lewis,  and  F.  M.  Peterson. 


102  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


R.   F.  MONETTE,  A.  B.,   M.   D. 
President  of  Alumni  Association,  1906. 

SOCIETY  OF  ALUMNI. 

The  object  of  this  society  is  to  unite  the  graduates  in  a 
common  bond  of  fellowship*  and  to  foster  their  love  for 
their  Alma  Mater,  and  their  interest  in  her  welfare.  The 
annual  business  meeting  is  held  Tuesday  evening  of  Com- 
mencement Week  at  8:30  o'clock.  On  Tuesday  evening 
of  Commencement  one  of  their  number  delivers  an  oration 
before  the  public  in  the  college  chapel. 

At  a  recent  meeting  a  committee  was  appointed  to  raise 
funds  for  the  endowment  of  a  Chair  of  History.  The  plan 
is  as  follows :  The  committee  are  to  secure  non-interest- 
bearing  notes  payable  in  four  installments.  The  notes 
are  to  be  drawn  for  $25.00,  $50.00,  $100.00  and  upward. 
The  work  was  intrusted  to  the  following  committee:  D. 
P.  Christenberry,  F.  M.  Peterson,  L.  P.  Giddens,  A.  L. 
Andrews,  E.  A.  Dannelly,  E.  L.  Crawford,  E.  K.  Turner. 

The  committee  have  raised  in  subscriptions  $13,500. 
The  amount  collected  to  date  is  $4,000. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  103 

Present  Officers  of  the  Association,  (1906.) 

President  ....  R.  F.  Monette. 

First  Vice-President  C.  W.  Gavin. 

Orator Junius  Jordan, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  ...L.  P.  Giddens. 

Editor  H.  C.  Howard. 

Committee  on  Memoirs  ...  D.  P.  Christenberry,  F.  Seay. 


AUTHOR'S  RESIDENCE. 


APPENDIX 


The  Presidents  and  Acting  Presidents  from  1856-1906. 

Wm.  M.  Wightman,  Nov.  24,  1856-June,  1868.  Edward 
Wadsworth,  June  1867-Dec.  1870.  Allen  Scheen  Andrews, 
1870-1874 ;  1883-June  1894.  Luther  M.  Smith,  Oct  1875- 
1880.  Josiah  Lewis,  1880-1881.  Francis  Peterson,  1881- 
1883;  1899.  Jno.  Ormon  Keener,  1894-1898.  Sam'l.  M. 
Hosmer,  1899,  to  the  present.  Drs.  Lupton,  J.  S.  Moore, 
and  Professor  Grote  served  at  short  intervals  as  Chair- 
man of  the  Baculty. 

The  Faculty  of  the  Southern  University  1856-1906. 

Edward  Wadsworth,  A.  M.,  1859-70,  Moral  Philosophy. 
N.  Thos.  Lupton,  A.  M.,  1859-71,  Chemistry. 

0.  F.  Casey,  A.  M.,  1859-76,  Ancient  Languages. 
J.  C.  Wills,  A.  M.,  1859-71,  Mathematics. 

J.  A.  Reubelt,  1860-61,  Mod.  Languages  &  Hebrew. 
Jno.  S.  Moore,  A.  M.,  1871-84,  Mathematics. 

D.  M.  Rush,  A.  M.,  1872-74,  Mathematics. 
T.  O.  Summers,  Jr.,  1871-74,  Chemistry. 
T.  D.  Mitchell,  1874-76,  Chemistry. 

1.  S.  Hopkins,  1876-78,  Science. 

C.  A.  Grote,  A.  M.,  1876-94,  Science  &  Modern  Lan- 
guages. 

J.  Lewis,  Jr.,  1875-81,  English. 

C.  M.  Verdel,  A.  M.,  1876-81,  Science. 

F.  M.  Peterson,  A.  M.,  D.  D.,  1877-99,  Ancient  Lan- 
guages. 

J.  A.  Moore,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  1883-94,  Mathematics. 

L.  C.  Dickey,  1883-94,  English  &  History. 

Rev.  J.  F.  Sturdivant,  1885-90,  English. 

E.  L.  Brown,  B.  S.,  1889-03,  Science. 

C.  L.  McCartha,  1890-92,  English. 

D.  P.  Christenberry,  A.  M.,  1892  to  present,  English. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  105 

L.  P.  Giddens,  A.  B.,  1894-1905,  Mathematics. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Shoaff,  D.  D.,  1899-02,  Mental  &  Moral  Phil- 
osophy. 

J.  T.  Littleton,  A.  M.,  Litt.  D.,  1899  to  present,  Mod- 
ern Languages. 

E.  K.  Turner,  Ph.  D.,  1899-03,  Ancient  Languages. 

Andrew  Sledd,  Ph.  D.,  1903-04,  Greek. 

E.  L.  Colebeck,  M.  A.,  1902-1905,  Ancient  Languages. 

B.  P.  Richardson,  B.  S.,  1903  to  present,  Science. 

C.  P.  Atkinson,  A  .M.,  1904  to  present,  Mental  &  Moral 
Philosophy. 

D.  M.  Key,  M.  A.,  1906,  to  present,  Ancient  Languages. 

F.  E.  Chapman,  M.  A.,  to  present,  Mathematics. 

From  the  above  list  all  adjunct  professors  have  been 
omitted.  There  may  be  some  omissions  of  regular  profes- 
sors, as  the  list  was  compiled  from  the  regular  proceed- 
ings of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  at  times  instructors 
were  secured  by  the  Presidents.  Some  of  the  degrees  of 
the  instructors  may  also  have  been  omitted,  owing  to  the 
lack  of  information.  The  following  are  a  few  of  those 
who  had  charge  of  the  Preparatory  Department:  O.  F. 
Casey ;  Chas.  Lane ;  J.  M.  P.  Otts ;  T.  D.  Mitchell ;  Rounce- 
val  Dowdell;  A.  H.  Moore;  A.  W.  Smith;  L.  C.  Dickey; 
W.  H.  Geisler;  J.  F.  Sturdivant;  B.  F.  Marshall;  E.  K. 
Turner ;  J.  A.  Baxley.  Some  of  these  also  served  as  reg- 
ular professors.  A  complete  list  cannot  be  made  as  the 
minutes  of  the  'Faculty  who  elected  the  Preparatory 
teachers,  prior  to  1903  are  lost. 

LIST  OF  HONORARY  DEGREES  CONFERRED  BY  THE  SOUTHERN 

UNIVERSITY. 

Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin,  D.  D. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Andrews,  D.  D. 
Rev.  Nathaniel  H.  Lee,  D.  D. 
Bishop  0.  P.  Fitzgerald,  D.  D. 


106  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

Rev.  C.  D.  Campbell,  D.  D. 

Rev.  A.  H.  Redford,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Thomas  M.  Finney,  D.  D. 

Rev.  I.  G.  John,  D.  D. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Cameron,  D.  D. 

C.  Y.  Rankin,  D.  D. 

M.  B.  Chapman,  D.  D. 

Prof.  J.  H.  Philips,  Ph.  D. 

Bishop  J.  C.  Keener,  L.  L.  D. 

J.  D.  Andrew,  D.  D. 

Senator  John  T.  Morgan,  L.  L.  D. 

Rev.  0.  R.  Blue,  D.  D. 

Rev.  John  S.  Moore,  D.  D. 

Rev.  E.  M.  Bounds,  D.  D. 

W.  C.  Black,  D.  D. 

Governor  Thomas  Seay,  LL.  D. 

Dr.  A.  S.  Andrews,  L.  L.  D. 

J.  W.  DuBose,  D.  D. 

J.  M.  Mason,  D.  D. 

J.  W.  Newman,  D.  D. 

J.  B.  Gregory,  D.  D. 

J.  R.  Allen,  D.  D. 

J.  0.  Keener,  D.  D. 

S.  M.  Hosmer,  D.  D. 

V.  0.  Hawkins,  D.  D. 

J.  R.  Allen,  D.  D. 

W.  C.  Lovett,  D.  D. 

J.  W.  Shoaff,  D.  D. 

Hon.  J.  J.  Garrett,  L.  L.  D. 

Warner  Moore,  D.  D. 

A.  J.  Lamar,  D.  D. 

F.  M.  Peterson,  D.  D. 

J.  S.  Frazer,  D.  D. 

J.  L.  Webber,  D.  D. 

George  B.  Winton,  D.  D. 

John  A.  Peterson,  D.  D. 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  107 

A.  L.  Andrews,  D.  D. 

O.  C.  McGehee,  D.  D. 

Hon.  A.  A.  Coleman,  L.  L.  D. 

Wm.  Posey  Hurt,  D.  D. 

James  Henry  McCoy,  D.  D. 

Walter  G.  Isaacs,  D.  D. 

Richmond  Pearson  Hobson,  L.  L.  D. 


Diplomas  and  Certificates  Conferred 

I860 

NAME  DEGREES  OCCUPATION  PRESENT    ADDRESS 

Glass.     J.     V A.     B Building    Material     liii  •miimhani 

•Huey,    B.    M A.    B Attorney     

1861 

Atkinson,  Jos A.   B Physician    Arcadia,    La. 

Littlejohn,     J.     B Chem 

Spillman,    Wm.    F A.    B Mat-on,    Miss. 

•Urquhart,     Hy Latin Minister lOd.   Ala.    Chr.    Advocate 


*Drake,    Jas,    E A.    B Planter    

Jackson,     Robt.    H Chem Planter     Greensboro. 

»Urquhart,    H A.    B Minister    

1863 


•Harlan,    J.    W A.    B 

Osborn,  Jas.  D Chem 

•Urquhart,    H A.    M Minister Ed.    Ala.    Chr.    Advocate. 

1866 

Borden,    J.    Lane Latin Physician     

Calloway,    D.    M Two    Schools Teacher    Selma. 

Crutcher,     T.     P Chem 

Happel,  T.   J A.   M Physician Trenton,   Tenn. 

•Hutchlnson,     E.     N A.     M 

•Magruder,    A.    B Ancient    Language 

*Sampey,    Jno.     W Chem Teacher     

•Seay,    T.    J Two    Schools Atty Goxernor    of     Alabama. 

•Summers,   T.    O.   Jr Ancient   Lang Surgeon      

•Walker,    W Chem Krtitor  and   Teacher Brandon,   Miss. 

1867 

Benners,    Alfred    H Chem Attorney    Birmingham 

CallowBy,   D.    M A.    M Teacher    Selma 

Chapman,    W.    B Chem Minister   St.   Louis,   Mr. 

l>y.-i.    Thos.    W A.    M Teacher    New    Orleans.     I. a. 

Humphrey,    D.    G Chem 

Inge,    W.    B Two    Schools Planter    Greensboro. 

Jordan,    Junius A.    M Prof.    Fed.    Univ.    Ark Fayetteville,    Ark. 

•Keener,     C Chem Minister    

•Magrudcr,   H.    B A.   M 

•Peterson,    J.    J Two   Schools Physician    

Portls,    I.    D Chem 

Ramsey,    T.     Y Chem Minister    

•Sampey,    Jno.    W A.    B Teacher    

•Seay,    Thos A.    M Atty Governor  of   Alabama. 

•Summers,    T.    O.    Jr A.    B Surgeon    

Webb,    L.    D Chem Planter   Greensboro. 

•Wills,    Wm.    D Chem Attorney     

1868 

Benners,    A.    H A.    B Attorney    Birmingham. 

Humphrey,    H.    B Chem 

Inge,    W.    B A.    M Planter     Greensboro. 

Inge,    Richard Chem Physician    

Parrish.   A.   G Chem 

•Peterson.     J.     J A.     M Physician     


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  109 

•Walker,     Wm A.     M Editor    and    Teacher Brandon,    Miss. 

\\ail.-r,    Chas.    E Chem Attorney     Greensboro. 

\\vt.li,    L.    D B.    P Planter    Greensboro. 

•Wills.    W.    D A.    B Attorney     


•Keener,    Christian A.    M Minister    

Nugent,    C.    J A.    M Minister    LaGrange,    Ky. 

•Oliver,    Hy.    L Three   Schools Teacher 

Oaborn,    Thos.    H Chem 

Powell,    Edw.     F A.    M Prof.    N.    Tex.    Fern.    Col Sherman,    Test. 

•Wills,     W.     D A.     M Attorney 

1870 

Armstrong,    Wm.    H Five    Schools 

•Coleman,    Jas.     B Three    Schools Attorney     

Jones,    Nathan   M A.   M Attorney    810-14  Tocoma  Bid.,    Chicago. 

McGehee,     R.     M..^ Chem 

•Nelson,    Geo.    T Chem 

Osbo;n,    Thos.    H Two    Schools 

Peterson,    J.    A A.    B Minister    Dothan. 

•Summers,    T.    O.,    Jr A.    M Surgeon     

•Waller,     I'eivy    H Chem Planter     

WeMi,    Sam'l.    S Chem 

1871 

Brame,   Thos.   W B.   P Attorney     Macon,    Miss. 

•Coleman,     Jas.     B B.     P Attorney     

Gordon,    C.    T A.    M Camden,    Ark. 

Lawson,     A Chem Banker     Greensboro. 

McGehee,    Edw.    L B.    P Physician     New    Orleans. 

Peterson,    J.    A A.    M Minister    Dothan. 

Robertson,     J.     P B.     P Arkansas.    (?) 


•Clllpepper,      A.      B      P.      P 

Garner,     W.     D Chem 

Lindsay,     N.     R A.     M Attorney,    Judge Comanche,    Tex. 

•Nabors,     R.    T B.    P Minister     

Powe,    A B.    P Winchester,    Miss. 

•Rush,    David    M A.    B Pres.    Centenary   College La. 

Young,    T.     R Chem 

1873 

Allen.    J.    R A.    B Prof.  Mor.  Phil.  S.  W.  U.  ..Georgetown,  Tex. 

Briggs.    G.    W B.    P Minister     Louisville,     Ky. 

•Crews.     J.     M A.     B Minister     

Happel,    H.    H M.    D Physician     \\\\\ 

Lawuon,    A A.    B Banker   Greensboro. 

•Nabois,     R.    T A.    B Minister     

•Peterson,    F.    M A.    M Pres.    Ala.    Girls    Industrial    School... 

•Rankin,    C.     Y A.     B Minister     

•Rush,    D.    M A.    M Pres.    Centenary    College La. 

1874 

Rorden.    J.    P M.    D Physician     Greensboro. 

•Crews,    J.    M A.    M Minister     

DuBose,    J.     W.     honorary A.     M 

Hosmer,     Sam'l.     M Phil Mln.    Pres.    Southern    Unlv Greensboro. 

Hoyle.    Chaa.    L M.    D Physician    Wairen,    Ark. 

•Keener,    J.    O A.     B Minister    Pres.     Southern    University... 

•Keller.   C.    H Phil Min'ster     

I.a\\s..n.    A A.    M.,   M.    D Banker     Greensboro. 


110 


THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


•Mitchell,  T.  D A.  M Teacher    

Moore,  A.  H B.  P Minister    Greensboro. 

Morris,    Moses    N B.    P Minister    Trinity. 

Murrah,    Wm.    B A.    B Ministers,  Pres.  Millsaps  Col.  Jackson.  Misa 

Nelson,    Thos,    Y M.    D Physician    

•Peterson,    F.    M B.    D Pres.     A.     G.     I.     3 

1376 

Allen,    Wm.     H B.    P Terrell,     Tex. 

Cox,    Luther   M Three    Schools Teacher  Carthage,  Miss. 

•Gamble,    J.    A B.    P 

•Grote,    C.    A A.    M Prof    Natural    Science    S.     U 

•Hill,    Geo.    W A.    M Prof.    Latin,    Hendrix    College 

Inge,    Z.    M.    P A.    B Attorney    Mobile. 

•Moss,    Joshua A.    M 

Reed,   B.   F A.   B.,   M.   D Physician    Vernon. 

1876 

Holloman,    T.    A A.    M Merchant     Flora,     Miss. 

•Kelley,     C.     H B.     P Minister     

Moore,    A.    H A.    M Minister    Greensboro. 

•Skinner,  J.   L B.   P Business     

Smith,   A.   W A.  M Banker    Birmingham. 

1877 

Bizzell,    F.    A A.    B Atlanta,    Ga.    (?) 

McCann,    J.    E A.    M Minister    Prattvllle. 

•Skinner,     Geo.     T B.     P Business     

Vlck,    N.    J A.    M Planter  Auguilla,  Miss. 

1878 

Chappelle,   L.    H.   S Three  Schools Minister    Demopolls. 

DuBols,    Jno.    W B.    P Supt.    Schools Calera. 

Jack,   Thos.   H B.   P Minister   Blooming   Grove,    Tex. 

Moore,    Jno.    W B.    P Business    Birmingham. 

Taylor,    T.    A B.    P Teacher    Mobile. 

•Yerby,   Jno.    D B.    P Supt.    Schools    

1879 

Hurt,    Wm.    P B.    P Minister    Dothan. 

Landrum,    L.    D B.    P Attorney  Columbus,  Miss. 

Moore,    J.    W A.    B Business    Birmingham. 

Taylor,    T.    A A.    B Teacher    Mobile. 

•Yerby,   Jno.    D A.    B Supt.    Schools Mobile. 

1880 

deGraffenrled,    Edw.    W. A.    M Attorney    Greensboro. 

Hurt,     W.     P A.     B Minister    Dothan. 

Jack,    Thos.    H A.    B Minister    Blooming   Grove,    Tex. 

•Moore,    Jas.    A A.    B Prof.    Math Millsaps    College, 

Moore,    Jno.    W A.    M Business    Birmingham. 

•Spurlock,    Jas.    M A.    B Attorney        

1881 

•Moore.    J.    A A.    M Prof.    Math.,    Mlllsap    College 

Moore.     Marcus    H B.     P Minister    Sharon,     Miss. 

Taylor,    T.    A A.    M Teacher     Mobile. 

Young,    Hy.    A A.     B Banker    Ann  .ston. 


1882 


Coleman,     Phares... 

Moore,    M.    H 

Webb,    Jas.    H 


.A.  B.. 
..A.  B.. 
.  A.  B. 


.Attorney  .. 
.Minister  .. 
.Attorney  .. 


Montgomery. 

Sharon,    Miss. 

Mobile. 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


111 


1884 


Hosmer,    Sam'l.    M  

B.    P.., 

Minister   Pres.    S.    U... 

Gieensboro. 

•Sellers     Geo     M              

B     P.  . 

Minister    

Smith,     Amos  

....    Latin. 

Business     

Prattvllle. 

Stott,    W.    P  

B.    P.. 

Teacher     

Seale. 

•Williams     D     B              

B.    S.. 

•Wood     P    G.,   Jr  

A.   B.. 

Attorney     

1885 

Branscomb,    L.    C  

A.    B.. 

Minister    

Talladega. 

Livingston,     G.     S  

B.     S.. 

Attorney,    Judge  

Prattvllle. 

A      B 

McCarty.    T.    R  

A.    B.. 

Business    

Birmingham. 

Moore,    W.    W  

A.     M.. 

Minister    

Montrose,    Miss. 

Moore,     Warner  

A.     M.. 

Minister    

Sipley,   Tenn. 

Patton,     Edw.     L  

B.     P.. 

Business    

Birmingham. 

Scales,    W.    F  

B.    P.. 

Physician    

Mobile. 

Smith,    A.    L  

B.    S.. 

Business     

Prattvllle. 

*\Y    i.l,    P.    G.,    Jr  

A.    M.. 

Attorney     

Andrews,    Wm.    F  

A.     M.. 

1886 
Min'ster  

St.    Louis,    Mo. 

Andrews,    Allen    L  

A.     B.. 

Minister    

Dallas.    Tex. 

Branscomb.     L.     C  

A.     M.. 

Minister    

Talladega. 

•Burton,    CJeo     w  

A.     M.. 

Teacher     

B.    P.. 

Physician      

Chapman,    M.    B  , 

B.     P.. 

Minister    

Louisville. 

Dent,    Stanley    H.,    Jr  

A.     B.. 

Attorney,     Congressman     Montgomery. 

Fariish.     H.     B  , 

A.     B.. 

Business    

Ft.    Valley,    Ga. 

•Hand     O     C 

..   .     B     S 

Hobson,    S.    A  

A.    B.. 

Attorney    

Birmingham. 

McCarty,     T.     R  

A.     M.. 

Business    

Birmingram. 

Moore,  Jas.   L  

B.    P.. 

Merchant    

—  Kansas   City,    Mo. 

Rogers,    F.    A  

A.    B.. 

Minister    

.    Pensacola,     Fla. 

Rush,    C.    A  

A.    B.. 

Minister    

Mobile. 

Wood,     F.     M  

A.     B.. 

Minister    

,  Eutaw. 

1887 

Andrews,    A.    L  

A.    M.. 

Minister    

Dallas,    Tex. 

Atkins,    A.    H  

A.    B.. 

Minister    

..    Lowreyville,    S.    C. 

Benners,    H.    G  

A.    B.. 

Attorney,     Journalist.. 

Greensboro. 

•Chapman,    G.    C  

B.     S.  . 

Physician     

Christenberry,    D.    P  

B.    P.. 

Prof.    English    S.     U.  ., 

Greensboro. 

Culver,    F.    P  

B.    S.. 

Minister     

Birmingham. 

Edmonson,    E.    L  , 

B.     S.. 

Cotton    Buyer    

Eufaula. 

•Ellis,     J.     D  

A.     M.. 

Minister    Ed. 

Ala.    Chr.    Advocate. 

Farrish,    O.    C  

B.    S.. 

Dentist     

Camden. 

Gillis,    Jno.     F  

A.    B.. 

Attorney   and   Planter 

Grove   Hill. 

i  iris  wold,    J.    F  

B.    P. 

Minister    

Colorado,    Tex. 

Hemlrlcks,     W.     B  , 

A.    M., 

,  Physician    

Hurtsboro. 

Hightower,    R.    G  

B.    P. 

Teacher   

Troy,    R.   F.   D. 

Knight,    T.    E  

A.    B. 

,  Attorney     

Greensboro. 

Ix>ng.    R.    H  

B.    P. 

,  Merchant     

Gainesville. 

Mangum.    W.     W  

B.     S. 

Physician    

Eufaula. 

Manning.     M.     N  

B.     S. 

,  Journalist,    Judge  

Dadevllle. 

Patillo.    N.    A  

B.     S. 

Prof.     Worn.     College. 

Lynchburg,    Va. 

Porter,    F.    E  

B.    P. 

Clerk  Treas.   Dept.   A 

Bldg.   Panama,    R.   P. 

Porter,    W.    R  

B.    P. 

Druggist    

Denver,   Colo. 

Radney,     J.     W  

B.     S. 

Merchant    

Roanoke. 

K..l..-rts.     S.     W  

A.     B. 

Minister    

Unlontown. 

Robertson,     J.     S  

B.     P. 

Minister    

Decatur. 

Simpson,     J.     D  

B.     P. 

Minister    

Anniston. 

Smiley,     H.     A  

B.     P. 

Teacher    

Jonesboro. 

Strout.     H.    T  

A.    B 

Min'ster    , 

,  Monroevllle. 

Wilkerson,     J.     H  

B.     S. 

\ttornev     

Elba. 

Wood,    F.    M  

A.    M. 

Minister     

Eutaw. 

112 


THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


1888 


Allgood,     R.     V 

Atkinson,    C.    P 

Beavei  s,    Jno.    R 

Banners,    H.    G 

Brown,     E.     L , 

Butler,    Chas    H 

Christenberry,     D.     P. 

Culver,     P.     P 

Gavvin,     C.     W 

Giddens,     L.     P 

Glenn,    Jas.    M 

Goodloe,    Jno.     R 

Grif  fln,     R,    J 

•Hawkins,    E.    H 

Jenkins,    Geo.    L 

McCoy,    Jas.    H 

McGlaun,    Jas.    R 

McVoy.     A.     D.     B 

Miller.     Jas.     M 

Phillips.    K.    1 

•Poole,     L,.     R 

Scott,     A.     J 

•Sellers.    Geo.    M 

•Smith.     L.     L, 

Tate.     J.     B 

•Trammel!,     E.    H 

Trawick,     Hy 

Wadsworth.     \Vm.     A.. 
Watkins.    Jos.    R 


..B.  P.. 
.    B.-S.. 

..A.  M.. 

..A.  M.. 

..B.  P.. 

...B.  S.. 

.A.  M. . 

.A.  M.. 
...B.     P. 

..A.  B.. 

..A.  B.. 

..B.  P.. 

..B.  P.. 

..B.  P.. 

...B.  S.. 

..A.  B.. 

...B.  P.. 

...A.  B. 

..B.  P.. 

.    B.  P.. 

..B.  P.. 

..B.  P.. 

..A.  M.. 

..A.  B. . 

B.  P.. 
...B.     P. 

,    B.  P. . 

...B.  S.. 

..B.  P.. 


.Prin.    Pub.    Schools... 
-Prof.     Philosophy    S. 

.  Attorney     

.Attorney,     Journalist 

.Prof.    Them 

.Merchant   

.Pi of.    English,    S.    U.. 

.Minister    

.M  nister    

.Prof.    Math.    B.    C. ... 

.Minister    

.Physician    

.Physician     

.Minister     

.Minister    

.Min:'ster    Pres.     Bham. 

.Minister     

.Ministers    

.Attorney    


Avondale. 

U Greensboro. 

Colunit'iana. 

Greensboro. 

Birmingham. 

Chlldersburg. 

Greensboro. 

Birmingham. 

Pensacola,    Fla. 

Birmingham. 

Tallassee. 

Dcmopolis. 

Moundvillf. 


Tuscaloosa. 

Col Birmingham. 

Tinela. 


.Attorney     

.Adj.    Geneial   of   Ga. . 

.Minister     

.Minister     

.Minister     

.Teacher     

.M 'nister    

.Planter     

.Druggist    


Linden. 

...     Columbus,     Miss. 


.Atlanta,    Ga. 


Kv.-rui-e.-n. 


Greensboro. 

Prattville. 

Alexander    <'ity. 


1889 


Hallard  G  C  

A  . 

B  

.  .  ..  Phvsiciun    .. 

Newellton,    La. 

H. 

S  

Teacher   ..    .. 

Birmingham. 

B 

P  

....Physician    .. 

.    Troy 

Chad  wick,  J.  S  

A. 
I! 

B  
p  

....Minister,    Ed. 
....Merchant    .. 

Ala.   Chr.   Adv.  ..Birmingham. 

KllioU,  E.  M  
Freeman,  J.  D  

B. 
B. 
.  ...B 

S  
P  
p  

Merchant     .. 
Phys'clan     .. 
.  .  ..Merchant  

Mound  ville. 
Little    Hock       Vrk 

•Hand  O  C"  .... 

A. 

M  

....Teacher    ..    .. 

A. 

U  

....Minister    ..     . 

(Jadsden. 

Holdrldge  W  J  •••• 

B. 

P  

Teacher     .. 

Lineville. 

..   .B 

S  

Minister    .... 

A 

B  

....Attorney    .. 

•Ixckhart.  J.  D  
McCoy.  J.  H  
•Miller,  J.  W  
Morris,  J.  L  
•McLaur!n,  Duncan  
•Nix  W  F 

A. 
A  . 
B. 
B. 

B. 
A  . 

B  
M  
P  
P  
P  
B  

.....Minister     .. 
.Minister    Pres 
Physician     .. 
Merchant    .. 
....Physician    .. 
....Attorney    .. 

i.    B.    C  •Birmingham. 
Jasper. 

1'ruett.  T.  J  
•Smith.  L.  L  
Wall,  R.  A  
•Williams,  C.  H  

A. 
A. 
A. 
A. 

B.... 
M  
B  
B  

Physician    .. 
....Minister     .. 
—  Physician     ... 
....Minister    ..     . 

Hurtsboro. 

Allgood,    R.    V 

Atkinson,    Chas.    P... 

Benners.     A 

Benson.    W.    W 

Bradley.    I.e.     c 

Bynum,    J.    L 

Dent,    Hy.    A 

•Hawkins.    E.    H 

Haygood,    W.    L 

Hobson,    Jas.    M 


1890 

...B.  S Prln.  Pub.  School  Avondale. 

..A.  M Minister,  Prof.  Phil.  S.  U Greensboro. 

..A.  B Attorney  Birmingham. 

..A.  B Teacher  Geneva. 

\  l! \ttorney  Birmingham. 

..B.  P Teacher  Bynum. 

..A.  B Nav  Officer,  Nav.  Dept.  Washington,  D.  C. 

\  M Minister  

...B.  P Business  Montg< ry. 

...A.  B Cotton  Buyer  


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY 


.113 


Huffstutler,    J.    A B.     P Teacher    Pratt    City. 

I. .-.II.. -tier,    E.    W B.    S Business    Anniston. 

Lewis,    E.    S B.    P Minister    Winona,    Miss. 

•Long,    Harvey    C A.    B 

Monette,     R.     F B.     S Physician    Greensboro. 

Morris,    W.    E B.    P Minister    Bessemer. 

Patillo,     N.     A A.     M Prof.    Worn.    Coll Lynchburg,    Va. 

Pierce,     R.     S B.     P Physician    Mariana,     Fla. 

Rutherford,     J.     W B.     P Physician     Franklin. 

Stabler,   S.    P A.    B.  and  Mod.    Lan Merchant,    Atty Lower    Peach    Tree. 

St.-vcnson,    L.    M. B.    P Teacher    Bessemer. 

Strickland,     Robt B.     S Merchant     Birmingham. 

Striplin.    C.    F B.    P Teacher     Hackneyville. 

Thomason,    J.    E B.    P Wedowee. 

Turner,    Edw.    K A.    B Prof.     Latin,     Emory     Coll Oxford,     Ga. 

Watkins,    Jas.    P A.    B Physician    Opelika. 

Whitfleld,    S.    T A.    B Physician     Union  town. 

1891 

Adams,    J.    B A.    B Minister    Marion,    Ky. 

Ansley,    H.    M A.    M 501-06    Herman    Bldg New    Orleans,     La. 

Bradley,    L.    C A.    M Attomey    Birmingham. 

Chadwick,     J.     S A.     M Minister,    Ed.   Ala.    Chr.    Adv. ..Birmingham. 

Crawford.     E.     L A.     B Minister    Union   Springs. 

Flowers,     E.    P A.     B Manufacturer    Montgomery. 

Gavin,     R.     S A.     B Minister        Besemer. 

Glenn,    J.    M A.    M Minister       Tallassee. 

Griswold,    J.    T A.    B Minister    Colorado,    Tex. 

Hawkins,    I.    F A.    M Minister     : Gadsden. 

McVoy,    E.    C A.    B Minister    St.    Louis,    Mo. 

Moody,    R.    A B.    P Minister    Eutaw. 

Patterson,     J.     D B.     S Teacher    Elba. 

Patterson,     T.    M B.     S Attorney     Louisville. 

Pruett,    T.    J A.    M Physician     Hurtsboro. 

Sanders,    S.    T A.    B Prof.    U.    La Baton    Rouge,    La. 

Sledge,    F.    M B.    P Merchant     Greensboro. 

Smithson.     E.     E B.     P Merchant     Bessemer. 

Stevenson,    O.    H B.     S Journalist    Roanoke. 

Stokes,    F.     E B.    P Louisiana. 

Stowers,    Geo A.    B Attorney    Montgomery. 

Street,     S.     A B.     P Physician        Clayton. 

Tiawick,    Hy A.    B Minister    Greensboro. 

Turner,    J.    G A.    B Cotton    Buyer    Greensboro. 

Whitman,    S B.    S Attorney     Paulding,     Miss. 

Williams.     R.     L A.     B Chief    Justice    Sup.     Court, ..Guthrie,     Okla. 

1892 

Andrews,     Leigh A.    B Attorney    Sheffield. 

•Castleman,    D.    J A.    M Physician    

Coale,     H.     W B.     S 

Dismukes,     D.     B B.    P Minister    Centerville. 

Inge,    J.    T A.    B Physician     Mobile. 

Jack,     H-.     C B.     S Attosney     

McLeod,    W.     S A.    B Teacher    Luverne. 

Meek,     R.     O A.     B Teacher    Florida. 

Morris,    J.     E *. B.     P Minister    Fayette. 

Motley.     C.     H A.     B Minister,  Asst.   Ed.  Ala.  Adv... Birmingham. 

Rilcy,    J.    E.    Z B.    S Attorney    Ozark. 

Hilt-y,    W.    B B.    S Teacher     Tuskegee. 

Riley,    H.    C B.    P Physician    Coffee    Springs. 

Stowers,    Geo A.     M Attorney    Montgomery. 

Ten-all.     S.    H.,    Jr B.    S Attorney   Quitmann,    Miss. 

Thames,    J.    D A.    B Attorney    Vicksburg,    Miss. 

Turner,     E.     K A.     M Prof.     Latin,     Emory     College.. Oxford,     Ga, 

Wilkinson,    D.    L A.    B Physician     Montevallo. 


114 


THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


Benson.    W.    W A.  M Teacher     Geneva. 

Bowen,    A.    C A.  M Minister,     Prof.     Soochow    Unlv China. 

Crumley,    Levl    A B.  S Dentist        Birmingham. 

deGraftenreld,    F.    M A.  M Analytical    Chem.,    Attorney Seale. 

Eekford,    Jas.    W A.  B Physician    Macon,    Miss. 

Ellis,     Geo.C B.  S Analytical    Chem.     druggist Avondale. 

Feagln,    J.    F A.  B Minister    Fairford. 

Freeman,     J.     S B.  S Physician     Gamble    Mines. 

Howard,     P.     J A.  B Prof.    Med.    Dept.    U.    of    A Mobile. 

Inge,    Z.    M.    P A.  M Attorney     Mobile. 

McCarty.     Hy.     D A.  B Attorney    Anniston. 

Meek.     R.     O A.  M Teacher     Florida. 

Morris,    W.    E B.    S Minister     Bessemer. 

Motley,     Chas.     H A.  M Minister,     Ast.   Ed.   Ala.   Adv.   Birmingham. 

Roberts,    Thos.     K A.  B Minister     Coleman. 

Sheppard,     F.     J A.  B Lumber     Dealer     Ensley. 

Turner,    Walter    A.  B Business    Atlanta,    Ga. 

Turnlpseed,    Wm.    E A.  B Teacher   High    School    Attalla,    Ala. 

Tyler.    Robt.    E A.  B Minister     Mexico. 

Wall,    W.    D B.  P Merchant    Sardis,    Miss. 

Webb,     A.     P A.  B Physician    Atmore. 

Watkins,    J.    K A.    B Attorney    Opelika. 

1894. 

Andrews.    J.    H A.    B Supt.    Schools    Marlanna.    Ark. 

Benson,     L.     K A.     B Teacher    Prin.     High    School Monroeville. 

Btckerstaff,    J.*  H B.    S Physician    Pensacola,    Fla. 

Brock,    J.    A.    J B.    S Minister     Decatur. 

Christian,    J.    J B.    S Merchant     Greensboro. 

Davis,    J.     H B.     S Teacher     

Kills,    C.    S A.    B Attorney    Birmingham. 

Feagin,     J.     F A.     M Mlniste   r Fairford. 

Hall.    D.    M B.    P Dentist    Eutaw. 

Inge,    W.    B A.    B Attorney        Mobile. 

•Kittrell,     B.     H B.     S Physician      

Lewis,    E.    S A.    B Minister    Wynona,    Miss. 

Massey.    L.    V A.    B Electrician    Memphis,   Tenn. 

Moore.    J.    A B.    P Prof.    A.    G.    I.    S Montevallo. 

Rlley,    A.    E B.    S Teacher     Hartford. 

Roberts,    T.    K A.    M Minister    Coleman. 

Russell.     H A.    B Business    Ensley. 

Shruptrine,    C.     E B.    P Planter    Safford. 

Ward,    J.    R A.    B Teacher    Tallassee. 

Williams.     R.     L A.     M Chief    Justice    Sup.     Court.  ..Guthrie,     Okla. 

1895 

Blckerstaff,    W.    R A.    B Minister     Louisvill.-. 

Bilbro.    I.    F A.    B Mln'ster    Livingston. 

Brock,    J.    A.    J A.    M Minister     Decatur. 

Chalker,     I.     W B.     P Minister    Abbeville. 

Hawkins.    W.    H A.    B Lawyer    Camden. 

•K.'.-ner.    J.    O A.    M Minister,     Pres.     S.     U 

I .MIII,'.    P.    M B.    S Merchant    Cordova. 

Mangum,    R.    H Three   Schools Attorney    Selma. 

Marshall.    B.    F A.    B Minister     Gastonburg. 

Newman.    O.    B A.    B Mall    Clerk    East    Lake. 

Tatom,    H.    F Applied    Chem Architect    Birmingham. 

Watkins,    T.    H A.    B Attorney     Dadeville. 

1896 

.Allen,    E.    S A.    B Physician     Louisville,    ^Cy. 

Carmlchael,    M.     S A.     B Editor     Elba. 

Cocke,    J.    D.    W Three    Schools Business    N.     Y.    City. 

Craig,    J.     C B.     P Minister    Oakbou.-ry. 

Curtis,     W.     M A.     B Minister       Montgomery. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  115 

Holtnan,     H.     L A.     M Physician     Ozark. 

Howard,     I.     W B.    P Physician    Chattanooga,    Tenn.,    (?) 

Martin,    W.    E A.    M Pres.    Sulllns    Coll Bristol,    Va.-Tenn. 

Morris,    T.    M B.    P Merchant    Jasper. 

Northcutt,    J.     E A.     B Minister    DeFuniak,    Fla. 

Peterson,    F.    R A.    B Business Mobile. 

Simpson,    J.     D A.    B Minister    Anniston. 

Wilkinson,    J.    E A.    B Attorney     Selma. 

1897 

Abernathy,    T.    P B.    P Physician    Havana. 

Baxley,    J.    A B.    S Prin.     Pub.     School Greensboro. 

Harlan.    J.    H Three   Schools Physician    Bartlett,    Tex. 

Henry,    T.     H B.     S Physician     Tuscumbia. 

Kendrick,    B.    M B.    S Physician    Luverne. 

Leonard,    J.    H A.    B Physician     Birmingham. 

Martin,    C.    P B.     S Physician    Blocton. 

Meigs,    S.    C B.    P Physician    Centervllle. 

Pickett,     Miss    M.     (Wright) A.     B U.    S.    Navy Mare    Island,    Cal. 

Smith,    A.    C B.    P Minister    LaFayette,     La. 

Turnipseed.    W.    E A.    M Teacher,     Co.     High     School Attalla. 

Williams,     C.     A A.     M Minister    Midway. 

1898 

Baxley,    J.    A A.    M Prin.     Pub.     School Greensboro. 

Bush,    C.    F A.    B Physician     Thomasville. 

Berry.     Edw.     W A.     B Banker     Camden. 

Curtis,    W.    M A.    M Minister    Montgomery. 

Hawkins,    W.    H A.    M Attorney     Camden. 

Hightower,    J.    H B.    S Teacher   High    Ridge. 

Hobson,    J.    M.,   Jr A.    B Lieut.    U.   S.   Army Havana,    Cuba. 

•Kerr.     P.     T A.     B 

•Kimbrough,    T.    A A.    B 

Ormond.     M.     T A.     B Attomey    Tuscaloosa. 

Peterson,    F.    R A.    M Business Mobile. 

Pippin,    M.    M B.    S Teacher    Ozark. 

Siddon.     Wm A.     M Teacher    Bowling  Green,    Miss. 

Sims.    Jno.    L A.    B Attorney     Birmingham. 

Stoves,    Geo Three    Schools Minister    Roanoke. 

Tucker,    R.    A B.    P Sardis,     Miss. 

1899 

Bailey,    L.    R B.    P Business     New    York. 

Calhoun,    O.    V B.    M Minist«-    Opelika. 

Dobbs,    H.    M A.    M Minister     Birmingham. 

Gamble,     F.     A A.     B Attorney     Jasper. 

Hamilton.    W.    Chalmers A.    B Banking    Birmingham. 

Howard,     F.    M B.     S Planter     Mulberry. 

McConnell,     R.     M: A.     B Prof.     Ethics Harvard,     Univ. 

Malone,     J.     W A.     B Banking     Dothan. 

Mathews,     K.     N A.     B Minister    Birmingham. 

Peterson.    E.    A A.    B Physician     Mobile. 

Seay,     Frank     A.     M Minister    Mobile- 
Slaughter,    D.    P A.    B Minister     Auburn. 

Triry,     Jas.     E B.     P Physician    Red    LeveL 

1900 

Chilton,     C.     L A.     B Banking    Montgomery. 

Dickinson.     W.     P B.     P Physician     LaFayette. 

Gamble,    F.    K A.    M Missionary    "  Corea. 

Henry,     W.     G A.     B Minister Pratt    City. 

James.    Jno.    C A.    B Minister   ..    Eufaula. 

Jackson,     A.     F A.    B Teacher    Linden. 

Lawson,    L.    J,    Jr :...A.    B Banking    Greensboro. 

McNeal,    Wm.     H A.     B Minister     Mobile. 

Morland.    M.    E B.    S Physician    Birmingham. 


116 


THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


Ormond,    T.     F A.     B 

Owen,    C.    A B.    P Teacher     Flora. 

Pi-ire.     Wm.     F A.     B Minister     '.     Birmingham. 

Thomas,    P.    O A.    B Bank     Clerk     Selma. 

Waller,    Miss    Alice    (Coleman) A.    B Greensboro. 

Ward,    T.    B A.     B Attorney    Tuscaloosa. 

Weems,    Chas.     S B.     S Merchant    Shubuta,    Miss. 

Wilson,    Jno.    W B.    P Physician    Orrville. 

1901 

Callaway,    Eugene A.    B Physician   New    York. 

Chilton,    C.    L.,    Jr A.    M Banking    Montgomery. 

Holloway,    Jno.    H A.    B Minister     Brundidge. 

Howard.     T.     L A.    B Physician    Seima. 

James,    Jas.    H.    Jr A.    B Attorney 1'montowii. 

Lowrey.     B.     N A.     B Teacher    San    Franeisan,    La. 

Liles,    L.     P A.    B Business    Birmingham. 

Jones,     Lee A.    B.  ..I Physician     Greensboro. 

Paul,    Elza    B A.    B Minister    Randolph. 

Pearson,     M.     H A.     B Teacher     Dothan. 

Plckett,   Miss  Pauline A.   B Mare    Island,    Cal. 

Shoaff,    D.    E A.    B Business Birmingham. 

Turnipseed,    D.    C.,    Jr A.    M Physician    Union    Springs. 

Turnipseed,    S.    U B.    P Student     Vanderbilt. 

Waller,    C.     E.,    Jr A.    B Banking    Greensboro. 

Watson,     J.    W A.     B Teacher    Newberne. 

Ward,     Wm.     L A.     B Attorney    Marianna,    .\rk. 

1902 

Chilton.    W.    P A.     B Publrsher     Montgomery. 

Chapman,     F.     E A.     B Prof.     Mathematics    S.     U Greensboro. 

Davis,     A.     C A.     B Business     Montgomery. 

Echols,     Robt..... A.     B Minister     \italla. 

Kllison.     R.    R A.    B Minister    Montgomery. 

Farrior,    J.     B A.    B Physician    Chipley,    Fla. 

Oreen,    Lemuel    B A.    B Minister    Opp. 

Gamble    ,F.     K A.    M Missionary    Corea. 

Holloway,     Jno.     H A.     M Minister Fitzpatrlck. 

Howell,    Wm.    R A.    B Minister     Guntersvillc. 

Hudson,    H.    V A.    B Teacher    Rushton,     La. 

Hutohinson,    C.    E A.    B Physician    London,    Eng. 

Ledbetter,    Jno.    W A.    B Minister     Gadsden. 

Pickett,    Miss    Pauline A.     M Mare    Island.    Cal. 

Seay,    Miss    Amy    (Lawson) A.    M Greensboro. 

Sessions,     Robt.     E A.     B Teacher     Huntsville. 

Slocum,     Robt.     G A.     B Lawyer     

Threadgill,     B.     C A.     M Business     Birmingham. 

Turnipseed,    W.    F A.    B Dentist     Eufaula. 

Tyler,     R.     T A.     B Minister     Birmingham. 

1903 

Chilton,    W.    P A.  M Publisher     Montgomery. 

Dunlap,     E.     B A.  B Hospital    Physician     New    York. 

Ellison,    R.    R A.  M Minister     Montgomery. 

Oreen.    L.     B A.  M Minister     Opp. 

McGehee,    W.    W A.  M Physician     Montgomery. 

Moore,    Roy    A.  B Minister     Orion. 

Purcell,     T.     M A.  B Teacher     

Threffoot.    Miss    F.    M.     (Walker). .A.  B Mobile. 

Waller,    Miss    K.    A A.  B Greensboro. 

Watklns,    Leon    H A.  B Med.    Stud Johns    Hopkins    University. 

Welch,    Stewart    H A.  B Physician    X.  u     V,  k 


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117 


1904 

Bryant,     F.     H A.     B Business    Birmingham. 

Chappelle,    Jno.    D A.    B Attorney     Oklahoma. 

Grote,    Miss    Minna   T A.    B Teacher,    A.    G.    I.    S Montevallo. 

Hinlson,     H.     V A.     M Teacher    Rushton,    La. 

M.  X'-al.    D.    H A.    B Minister    Montgomery. 

Seay,     Miss    Annie    A.    B Greensboro. 

Vaughn,     Harvey    P A.     B Student     Vanderbilt. 

Walton,    Miss   Lucy   O A.    B Teacher    East    Lake. 

\\vtister,     Chas.     H A.     B Student    Vanderbilt   University. 

1905 

Bradley,    Bret    B A.    B Su;  veying    Frederick,   Okla.,    RFD.    3. 

Cryer,    Wm.    H A.    B Physician    Tallassee. 

Daniel,    C.    C A.    B Student    Vanderbilt   University. 

Frazer,    Jno.    W A.    B Student    Vanderbilt   University. 

Littleton,    Miss   Martha    E A.    B Student     Univ.    111. 

McGehee,     Robt.     B A.     B Student    Vanderbilt   University. 

Moore,    Wesley    A A.     B Teacher     Montgomery. 

Moore,    Roy    A.    M Minister     Orion. 

Norwood,    Thos.     S A.    B Business    Atoka,    I.    T. 

Perry.     Wilbur    D A.     B Teacher Stockton. 

Puckett,    Hugh    W A.    B Prof.    Mod.    Lang.,    B'ham    College.. B' ham. 

Watkins,    Leon    H A.    M Med.    Student    Johns   Hopkins  Univ. 

1906  ! 

Daniel,     Chas.     D.. A.     B Secy.    Y.    M.    C.    A Vanderbilt    Univ. 

Dominick,     F.     M A.     B Teacher    Epes. 

Littleton.     Jesse    T A.     B Fellow Univ.     of     Wisconsin. 

Mason.     I.     P A.     B Teacher    Columbians^ 

McGehee.    Paul    D A.    B Medical    Student     Mobile. 

Pearson.    David    M A.    B Teacher    Dixon's    Mills. 

Perry,    Wm.    S A.    B Teacher    Enterprise. 

Ray.    Arthur    G A.    B Business     New    York    City. 

Rice,    Herbert   W A.    B Student     Vanderbilt     Univ. 

Sadler.     Wm.     H A.     B Law    Student Univ.    of    Virginia. 

Seay.    Miss  Annie    A.   M Greensboro. 

Turnipseed.     Wm.     O A.     B Attorney    Union    Springs. 

Walton.    Miss    Lucy    Ora A.    M ;. Teacher    East    Lake. 

Willcoxon,    Jas.     T A.     B Medical Missionary. 

Tutwiler.    Miss    Rosalie    A.    B Teacher    State    Normal Livingston. 

1907 

DeBardeleben,    Jno.    T A.    B Teacher    Forest    Home. 

Littleton,     Leonidas     R A.     B Student     Tulane     Univ. 

Lloyd,     Oscar    C A.     B Student     Vanderbilt    Univ. 

Lazenby,    Marion    E A.    B Missionary     Havana,     Cuba. 

Mills,     Robt.    J A.    B Minister     Verbena, 

IVITV.    Dow    L.    Jr A.    B Teacher     Abbeville. 

Turnipseed,    F.    T A.    B Business    Montgomery. 

Tiller,    Willie   T A.    B Student    Vanderbilt   Univ. 

Williams.    S.    W.    H A.    B Attorney     Greensboro. 

Williams,    Jno.     H A.     B Minister,     Missionary     Mexico. 

Wheeler.    Wm.    W A.    B Teacher     Northport. 

Wilkinson,     Herbert    H A.     B Business    Gastonburg. 

Wood.     Jas.     A A.     B Teacher   Johns   Hopkins. 

Wood,    Chas.    H A.    B Business     Colorado    Springs,     Colo. 

1908 

Herry.    B.    Edwards   A.  B Teacher    Lower    Peach    Tree. 

Bevill,     Durant    L A.  B Business    Jackson. 

Cammack,    Norphlet    G.    Jr A.  B Student     A.     P.     I Auburn. 

Cannon,    Wm.    J.    Jr A.  B Business    Sylacauga. 

DuBois,    H.     H.    Slaton A.  B Minister,     Student Vanderbilt. 


118 


THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 


A.     B  

.  .  Southern  University. 

A.    B.... 

....Student  

Vanderbllt  Univ. 

Sellers,    Walter   M  
Tutwller,    Miss   Agnes  M  

A.    B.... 
A.    B.... 
B.,    A.     M.... 

....Prof.  Chemistry  .. 
....Physician  
....Life  Insurance  .... 

Hamilton. 
Mexico  City. 
Greensboro. 

•Deceased. 


Honorary  Degrees  Conferred 


Anderson,    Wm.    H D.    D. 

Marvin,    Bishop   E.    M D.    D. 

1867 

Fitzgerald,    Bishop  O.    P D.   D. 

Lee,    Nathaniel    H D.    D. 

1868 

Campbell,    C.    D.    N D.    D. 

Bedford,   A.   H D.   D. 

1869 


1893 

Hawkins,    V.    O D.  D. 

Hosmer,     Samuel    M D.  D. 

Keener,    J.    O D.  D. 

1894. 

Garrett,    J.    J LL.  D. 

Lovett,    W.    C D.  D. 

Shoaff,   J.  W D.  D. 

1896 

Moore,    Warner    D.  D. 

Lamar,    A.    J D.  D. 

1900 


Peterson,    F.    M D.    D. 

1901 


Andrews,    Allen   S D.    D. 

1874 
Finney,    Thos.    M D.    D. 

1879  Dobbs,    S.    L D.    D. 

Frazer,    J.    S D.   D. 

Blue,    O.    R D.    D. 

Keener,    Jno.    C LL.    D.  1902 

Moore,    Jno.     S D.     D. 

Morgan,    Jno.    T LL.     D.        Andrews,    A.    L D.    D. 

Peterson,    Jno.    A D.    D. 

1886  Weber,    J.    L D.    D. 

Winton,    Geo.    B D.    D. 

Black,    W.    C D.    D. 

Bounds,    E.    M D.    D.  1904 

Seay,    Thos LL.    D. 

McGehee,   O.   C D.  D. 

1887 

1905 

Bonnell,  Prof Ph.  D. 

Coleman,    A.    A D.    D. 

1888 

1906 

Andrews,   Allen  S LL.   D. 

Cameren.    J.    D D.    D.         Hobsen,    Richmond    F LL.    D. 

Chapman,    M.   B D.    D.        Hurt,    Wm.    P D.    D. 

Phillips,    J.    H Ph.    D.         Isaacs,    W.    Q D.    D. 

Rankin,    C.    Y D.    D.        McCoy,    J.    H D.    D. 

1889  1908 

Gregory,    J.    B D.    D.        Comer,    B.    B LL.  D. 

Mason,    J.    M D.    D.        Dannelly,    J.    M D.  D. 

Newiran,    J.    W D.    D.         Howard,    H.    C D.  D. 

McVoy,    E.    C D.  D. 

1891 


Allen,    J.    R D.    D. 


FACULTY,    1906. 

REV.  SAMUEL  MONROE  HOSMER,  Ph.  B.,  D.  D., 
Professor  Biblical  Literature. 

Ph.  B.  Southern  University,  1884;  D.  D.  Southern  University,  1893; 
President  and  Professor  Biblical  Literature,  Southern  Univer- 
sity, 1899— 

DANIEL  PINKNEY  CHRISTENBERRY,  A.  M., 
Professor    of   English   Language    and   Literature. 

Ph.  B.,  Southern  University,  1887;  A.  M.  Southern  University, 
1888;  Principal  Greenville  Collegiate  Institute,  Greenville, 
Ala.,  1888-89;  President  Greensboro  Female  College,  Greens- 
boro, Ala.,  1889-92;  Special  Courses  at  Harvard  University, 
1893,  1895,  and  1905;  Professor  of  English,  Southern  Uni- 
versity, 1892— 

LUCIEN    PlNKARD    GlDDENS,    A.    B., 

Professor  of  Mathematics. 

A.  B.,  Southern  University,  1888;  Instructor  in  Mathematics, 
Southern  University,  1887-88;  Principal  High  School,  Bir- 
mingham, Ala.,  1889-93;  Professor  Mathematics,  Athens  Fe- 
male College,  1893-94;  Special  Courses  at  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, Summers  1895  and  1905;  Professor  of  Mathematics. 
Southern  University,  1894-1905. 

JESSE  TALBOT  LITTLETON,  A.  M.,  Litt.  D., 
Professor  Modern   Languages. 

A.  M.,  Randolph-Macon  College,  1880;  Tutor  in  Greek,  Randolph- 
Macon  College;  Special  work  in  French  and  German,  College 
des  Langues,.  Amherst;  Principal  Belle  Haven  Academy;  Pro- 
fessor Modern  Languages,  W.  F.  College,  N.  C.,  and  Dan- 
ville College  for  Young  Ladies,  Va. ;  Professor  Greek  and 
German,  Wofford  College,  S.  C.,  three  years;  Professor  English 
and  Modern  Languages,  Emory  and  Henry,  Va.,  1893-99;  Litt. 
D.  (Honorary)  Kentucky  Wesleyan  College,  1903;  L.L.  D. 
Honorary  Emory  and  Henry,  1908;  Professor  of  Modern  Lan- 
guages, Southern  University,  1899 — 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  121 

EDWARD  LAUGHTON  COLEBECK,  B.  A.,  M.  A  , 
Professor  Ancient  Languages. 

B.  A.,  Northwestern  University,  1893;  M.  A.,  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity, 1894;  Professor  of  Greek  and  Latin,  Western  Col- 
lege, Iowa,  1894-97;  Graduate-student  in  University  of  Chi- 
cago, 1897-98;  Graduate-student  in  Yale  University,  1898-99; 
Graduate-student  in  University  of  Wisconsin  (W.  F.  Allen 
Graduate  Scholarship  in  the  Classics),  1899-1900;  Professor 
of  Greek  and  Latin,  Southern  University,  1900-1905. 

BURT  PARKER  RICHARDSON,  B.  S  ,  Ph.  B., 
Professor  of  Science. 

B.  S.  D.,  Warrensburg,  Mo,  State  Normal  School,  1895;  Physics 
and  Chemistry,  City  High  School  Springfield,  Mo.,  1895-99; 
Student  at  University  of  Missouri,  Summers  of  1897  and  1899; 
Student  at  University  of  Chicago,  Summer  of  1898;  Instruc- 
tor in  Physics  and  Chemistry,  Drury  College,  Mo.,  1899-1892; 
Graduate  of  School  of  Expression,  Drury  College,  1901;  B.  S., 
Drury  College  1901;  Graduate  Work  in  Chemistry,  University 
of  Chicago,  Summers  of  1902  and  1903;  Student  in  Biology, 
Warrensburg  State  Normal  School,  Summer  of  1903;  Graduate 
Student  in  Chemistry,  University  of  Chicago,  Summer  of 
1904;  Ph.  B.,  University  of  Chicago,  September,  1904;  Botany 
and  Chemistry,  University  of  Chicago  Summer,  1905;  Pro- 
fessor of  Science,  Southern  University,  1903 — 

CHARLES  PRESCOTT  ATKINSON,  B.  S.,  A.  M. 
Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy. 

B.  S.,  Southern  University,  1888;  A  M.,  Southern  University, 
1890;  Teacher  in  High  School  1888-89;  Tutor  in  Southern 
University,  1889-90;  Special  Course  at  Harvard  University, 
Summer  of  1905;  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy,  Southern 
University,  1904 — 

ALFRED  PORTER  HAMILTON, 

Tutor  in  Latin. 
JOHN   HENRY  WILLIAMS, 

Tutor  in  Greek. 
WILLIE  THOMAS  TILLER, 

Tutor  in  Latin. 
MARION  ELIAS  LAZENBY, 

Tutor  in  English. 

BONNEY  EDWARDS  BERRY, 

Tutor  in  Mathematics. 


THE    STANDARD    COLLEGE. 


Twelfth  Annual  Report  Board  of  Education  M.  E.  C. 

S.,  August,  1906,  written  by  the  Commission,  1904. 

Classification  of  Educational  Institutions. 


The  law  of  our  church  requires  that  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation shall  classify  our  schools  in  accordance  with  the 
Standard  of  Requirements  prepared  by  a  body  of  ten 
practical  educators  known  as  the  Commission  on  Educa- 
tion. The  law  (Discipline  of  1906,  paragraph  435,  is  as 
follows : 

There  shall  be  a  commission  of  ten  practical  educators, 
appointed  quadrennially  by  the  College  of  Bishops,  whq 
shall  prescribe  the  minimum  requirements  to  be  demand- 
ed of  institutions  seeking  recognition  by  the  Board  of 
Education  as  secondary  schools  (academies),  colleges, 
and  universities.  This  commission  shall,  at  least  once 
in  every  four  years,  report  to  the  Board  of  Education 
its  work;  and  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  to 
classify  all  the  educational  institutions  of  our  Church 
and  to  designate  each  as  university,  college,  or  academy 
(or  secondary  school),  according  to  the  relation  of  the 
work  done  by  it  to  the  standards  thus  established  by  the 
commission,  and  to  use  this  classification  in  the  official 
lists  of  the  educational  institutions  of  our  Church. 

In  1898,  under  this  provision  of  the  Discipline,  a  Com- 
mission on  Education  was  created  to  provide  a  standard 
of  classification,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  in  Nash- 
ville, August  23,  1899,  the  first  official  classification  of 
the  institutions  of  the  Church  was  made.  The  standard 
herewith  printed  was  adopted  by  the  Commission  at  a 
meeting  held  in  Nashville  April  26,  1904,  and  in  accord- 
ance with  it  the  institutions  that  appear  elsewhere  in 
this  report  have  been  classified.  The  work  of  classifi- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  123 

cation  is  one  of  the  most  difficult  and  important  things 
which  has  been  intrusted  to  the  Board,  and  an  earnest 
effort  has  been  made  to  do  it  with  thoroughness  and  im- 
partiality. The  results  of  the  Board's  labors  will  be  seen 
in  the  official  list  of  intsitutions  given  below,  accom- 
panied by  such  statistics  as  could  be  secured.  We  ask  the 
hearty  co-operation  of  all  our  educators  and  pastors,  that 
the  statistics  may  be  improved  from  year  to  year. 

The  Commission  on  Education,  which  met  April  26, 
1904,  reported  the  following: 

STANDARD  OF  REQUIREMENTS. 

For  Admission  to  College  for  the  A.  B. 
I.     English. 

1.  Higher  English  Grammar. 

2.  Elements  of  Rhetoric  and  weekly  written  composi- 
tions. 

3.  English  Literature,  including  the  special  study  of 
some  works  and  the  reading  of  others,  as  laid  down  in  the 
requirements  of  the  Southern  and  other  associations  of 
schools  and  colleges  in  the  United  States,  as  follows: 

(a)  Reading. — A  certain  number  of  books  will  be  set 
for  reading.  The  candidate  will  be  required  to  present 
evidence  of  a  general  knowledge  of  the  subject-matter 
and  to  answer  simple  questions  on  the  lives  of  the  authors. 
The  form  of  examination  will  usually  be  the  writing  of  a 
paragraph  or  two  on  each  of  several  topics,  to  be  chosen 
by  the  candidate  from  a  cconsiderable  number — perhaps 
ten  or  fifteen — set  before  him  in  the  examination  paper. 
The  treatment  of  these  topics  is  designed  to  test  the  can- 
didate's power  of  clear  and  accurate  expression,  and  will 
call  for  only  a  general  knowledge  of  the  substance  of  the 
books.  The  candidate  is  expected  to  read  intelligently  all 
the  books  prescribed.  He  is  expected  not  to  know  them 


124  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

minutely,  but  to  have  fresh  in  mind  their  most  important 
parts.  In  every  case  knowledge  of  the  books  ivill  be  re- 
garded as  less  important  than  the  ability  to  write  good 
English.  In  preparation  for  this  part  of  the  requirement 
it  is  important  that  the  candidate  shall  have  been  in- 
structed in  the  fundamental  principles  of  rhetoric. 

In  1904  and  1905  the  topics  will  be  drawn  from  the  fol- 
lowing works :  Shakespeare's  "The  Merchant  of  Venice" 
and  "Julius  Caesar,"  the  "Sir  Roger  de  Coverley  Papers" 
in  the  Spectator,  Goldsmith's  "The  Vicar  of  Wakefield," 
Coleridge's  "The  Ancient  Mariner,"  Scott's  "Ivanhoe," 
Carlyle's  "Essay  on  Burns,"  Tennyson's  "Princess,"  Low- 
ell's "Vision  of  Sir  Launfal,"  and  George  Eliot's  "Silas 
Marner." 

In  1906,  1907,  and  1908  the  topics  will  be  drawn  from 
the  following  works :  Shakespeare's  "Macbeth"  and 
"The  Merchant  of  Venice,"  the  "Sir  Roger  de  Coverley 
Papers"  in  the  Spectator,  Irving's  "Life  of  Goldsmith," 
Coleridge's  "The  Ancient  Mariner,"  Scott's  "Ivanhoe" 
and  "The  Lady  of  the  Lake,"  Tennyson's  "Gareth  and  Ly- 
nette,"  "Lancelot  and  Elaine,"  and  "The  Passing  of  Ar- 
thur," Lowell's  "The  Vision  of  Sir  Launfal,"  and  George 
Eliot's  "Silas  Marner." 

(b)  Study  and  Practice. — This  part  of  the  examina- 
tion presupposes  the  thorough  study  of  each  of  the  works 
named  below.  The  examination  will  be  upon  subject- 
matter,  form,  and  structure.  In  addition,  the  candidate 
may  be  required  to  answer  questions  involving  the  essen- 
tials of  English  grammar  and  questions  on  the  leading 
facts  in  those  periods  of  English  literature  history  to 
which  the  prescribed  work  belongs. 

The  books  prescribed  for  this  part  of  the  examination 
in  1904  and  1905  are:  Shakespeare's  "Macbeth,"  Mil- 
ton's "Lycidas,"  "Comus,"  "L' Allegro,"  and  "II  Pense- 
roso,"  Burke's  "Speech  on  Conciliation  with  America," 
and  Macaulay's  Essays  on  Milton  and  Addison. 

The  books  prescribed  for  this  part  of  the  examination 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  125 

in  1906,  1907,  and  1908  are:  Shakespeare's  "Julius  Cse- 
asr,"  Milton's  "L' Allegro,"  "II  Penseroso,"  "Comus," 
and  "Lycidas,"  Burke's  "Speech  on  Conciliation  with 
America,"  and  "Macaulay's  "Essay  on  Milton"  and  "Life 
of  Johnson." 


Note. — No  candidate  will  be  accepted  in  English  whose 
work  is  notably  defective  in  point  of  spelling,  punctuation, 
idiom,  or  division  into  paragraphs. 

II.    Latin. 

• 

1.  Beginner's  Book,     such  as  Bennett's,  Collar     and 
Daniell's,  or  an  equivalent. 

2.  Three  books  of  Caesar  and  three  orations  of  Cicero, 
or  their  equivalent. 

3.  Prose  Composition. 

///.    Greek,  German,  or  French. 

1.  The  course    in  Greek    will  consist    of  a  beginner's 
book,  such  as  White's  or  its  equivalent,  with  elementary 
reading  and  composition. 

2.  The  work  in  German  or  French  will  be  that  required 
by  the  Association  of  Colleges  and  Preparatory  Schools  of 
the  Southern  States. 

(a)  German. — Elementary  Grammar,  Composition,  and 
not  less  than  one  hundred  pages  of  easy  reading. 

(b)  French. — Same  as  German,  but  two  hundred  pages 
of  reading. 

(If  the  applicant  for  admission  has  not  studied  either 
Greek,  German,  or  French,  the  first  year's  course  of  study 
in  either  may  be  taken  in  college,  though  it  may  not  be 
reckoned  in  the  number  of  hours  required  for  gradua- 
tion.) 


126  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

IV.    History. 

1.  History  of  the  United  States. 

2.  General  History  or  History  of  Greece  and  Rome. 

V.  Mathematics. 

1.  Arithmetic. 

2.  High  School  Algebra  to  quadratics  and  three  books 
of  Plane  Geometry  or  High  School  Algebra  through  quad- 
ratics. 

For  Bachelor  of  Arts. 

A  total  of  two  thousand  four  hundred  hours  of  recita- 
tions, lectures,  and  laboratory  work  (counting  two  hours 
of  laboratory  work  for  each  one  of  lecture  or  recitation) 
distributed  over  four  years,  but  in  exceptional  cases  the 
work  may  be  done  in  three  years.  This  work  should  be 
distributed  among  the  following  four  groups  of  studies 
in  the  proportion  given : 

1.  Language  and  Literature,  eight  hundred  and  forty 
hours,  including  at  least  two  hundred  and  forty  hours  of 
English  and  two  hundred  and  forty  hours  of  one  ancient 
language,  with  weekly  written  work  and  parallel  reading 
in  both,  the  remaining  three  hundred  and  sixty  hours  to 
be  made  up  from  these  or  other  languages  and  their  lit- 
erature. 

2.  Pure  Mathematics,  at  least  two  hundred  and  forty 
hours,  including  Advanced  Algebra,  Plane  and  Solid  Ge- 
ometry, and  Plane  Trigonometry. 

3.  Sciences,  at  least  two  hundred  and  forty  hours, 
including  one  branch  of  Physical  Science  and  one  branch 
of  Biological  Science,     with  regular  laboratory     work, 
which  should  occupy  at  least  one-half  of  this  time — two 
hours  for  one — and  should  be  done  in  well-equipped  lab- 
oratories. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  127 

4.  History,  Social  Science,  Philosophy,  and  the  English 
Bible,  three  hundred  and  sixty  hours. 

There  remain  seven  hundred  and  twenty  hours  to  be 
elected  from  any  of  the  groups. 

Recommendations  to  the  Board  of  Education. 

We  make  the  following  recommendations  which,  in  the 
main,  are  the  recommendations  of  the  former  Commis- 
sion: 

1.  We  recommend  that  the  Conference  or  Conferences 
of  each  State  unite  in  the  support  of  one  college,  which 
may  be  coeducational,  or  of  two  colleges,  one  for  men 
and  the  other  for  women. 

3.  We  recommend  that  no  institution  be  classified  as  a 
college  unless  it  have:    (a)  the  undivided  support  of  at 
least  one  Annual  Conference — but  one  Conference  may 
have  one  college  for  men  and  one  for  women ;  ( b )  a  per- 
manent annual  income,  not  counting  tuition  fees,  of  at 
least  five  thousand  dollars.    This  income  may  arise  from 
the  interest  on  an  endowment  fund,   from  Conference 
assessments,   from   private  contributions,   or   otherwise, 
but  should  be  so  secure  as  to  guarantee  support  of  the  inn 
stitution. 

4.  In  the  opinion     of  this  Commission,     adequate  in- 
struction in  the  courses  of  study  outlined  for  baccalau- 
reate degrees  cannot  be  properly  given  with  a  faculty  of 
less  than  seven  competent  teachers  of  the  rank  of  profes- 
sor or  adjunct  professor.    We  recommend  that  the  name 
of  "college"  be  restricted  to  institutions  that  meet  these 
requirements,  and  that  the  conferring  or  offering  of  bac- 
calaureate degrees    by  institutions  not  classified    as  col- 
leges by  the  Board  of  Education  be  strongly  discounte- 
nanced. 

5.  We  recommend  that  an  institution  to  be  classed  as 
a  university  have  a  productive  endowment  of  not  less 


128  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

than  one  million  dollars ;  that  it  be  organized  on  a  basis  of 
professional  schools  and  of  elective  studies,  with  depart- 
ments of  original  research;  and  we  recommend  that  the 
name  of  "university"  be  restricted  to  institutions  that 
meet  these  requirements. 

Subjoined  is  the  present  course  in  the  Southern  Uni- 
versity, which,,  in  the  main,  meets  the  above  require- 
ments. 

ENGLISH. 

Professor  Christenberry  and  Mr.  Lazenby. 

Believing  that  language  is  the  test  of  a  man  and  crite- 
'rion  of  a  people,  much  attention  is  given  to  all  forms  of 
composition.  In  the  Freshman  and  Sophomore  classes 
frequent  exercises  are  required  in  letter-writing  (for  let- 
ter-writing is  a  fine  art),  description,  narration,  biogra- 
phy, criticism,  and  exposition,  while  in  the  Junior  and  Se- 
nior classes  attention  is  given  to  the  study  and  prepara- 
tion of  essays  and  addresses  on  current  events;  and  also 
to  the  preparation  of  literary  and  critical  reviews  on 
topics  allied  to  those  studied  in  regular  class. 

All  exercises,  after  being  read  and  criticised  in  class 
are  revised  and  returned  to  their  authors. 

I.     a.     Rhetoric  and  Composition  with  Review  of  the 

principles  of  Grammar,  two  hours  a  week. 
Literature     once  a  week;     Irving  and     other 
American  Prose  writers  are  studied  as  mod- 
els in  connection  with  the  course  in  Rhetoric ; 
private  reading, 
b.     Rhetoric  and   Composition   continued. 

Literature:  The  History  of  American  Litera- 
ture with  Class  Study  of  Hawthorne,  Long- 
fellow, Poe,  Lanier,  and  others;  private 
reading. 


OF  THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  129 

II.  a.  Literature :  The  Drama  of  the  Elizabethan  Age, 
Several  plays  of  Shakespeare  and  others  are 
critically  studied  in  class,  and  written 
reports  are  required  on  some  studied  pri- 
vately. 

b.     The  History  of  English  Literature,  with  criti- 
cal study  of  selections  from  the  leading  poets 
of  each  period. 
III.     a.     Anglo-Saxon:     Selections    from    Alfred,     The 

Chronicle,  Beowulf,  and  others — Smith. 
History  of  the  English  Language;  Lounsbury 

or  Emerson;  collateral  reading, 
b.     Anglo-Saxon  continued. 

Middle     and     Early     Elizabethan     Poetry: 
Chaucer  and  Spenser. 
Philology:     Peile;  collateral  reading. 
IV.     a.     The    English    Novel,    Principles  of    Literary 
Criticism,  with  collateral  study  of  Selections 
from  Nineteenth  Century  Poetry, 
b.     Paradise    Lost,  Tennyson's    Idylls,    Selections 
from  Browning,  and  others;  private  read- 
ing. 

ANCIENT  LANGUAGES. 

Professor  Colebeck,  Mr.  Williams,  Mr.  Hamilton  and  Mr. 

Tiller. 

Greek. 

I.     a.     Xenophon :    Anabasis,  one  or  two  books, 
b.     Xenophon :     Anabasis,  two  books. 

The  writing  of  Greek  one  hour  weekly  through- 
out the  year. 

I.  a.  Cicero:  Roscius  Amerinus  and  Archias; 
special  stress  in  this  term  will  be  laid  on 
syntax. 


130  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

b.     Virgil:  Aneid,    four    books;    theoretical    and 

practical  study  of  the  Dactylic  Hexameter. 
The  writing  of  Latin  one  hour  weekly  through- 
out the  year. 

II.     a.     Horace:     Odes  and    Epodes;    through    treat- 
ment of  the  Horatian  meters, 
b.     Livy:  about  100  Teubner  pages. 

The  writing  of  Latin  one  hour  weekly  or  bi- 
monthly throughout  the  year. 
III.     a.     Cicero:  Tusculan  Disputations,  Book  I,  Dream 

of  Scipio. 

b.  Cicero:  De  Senectute,  De  Amicitia,  De  Offi- 
ciis.  Book  L;  consideration  throughout  the 
year  of  the  philosophical  views  of  Cicero  and 
of  his  contemporaries. 

IV.     a.     Catullus,  Tibullus,  Propertius  and  Ovid,  selec- 
tions ;  study  of  the  Latin  elegy, 
b.     Lucretius :  Selections ;  an  attempt  will  be  made 
to  understand  with  clearness  the  main  prin- 
ciples of  the  Epicurean  philosophy. 
Courses  III.  and    IV.  are  offered    in  alternate 
years;  course  III.  may  be  expected  in  1907- 
08. 

MATHEMATICS. 

Professor  Giddens  and  Mr.  Berry. 

I.     a.     Algebra,  beginning     Simultaneous     Equations 
involving     Quadratics,.    Chap.     24;     Wells 
Higher  Algebra, 
b.     Geometry,  Plane  and  Solid,  beginning  Book  III. ; 

Went  worth  Revised  Geometry. 
II.     a.     Trigonometry,     Plane  and   Spherical ;     Went- 

worth  New  Trigonometry, 
b.     Analytic  Geometry,  Nichols. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  131 

III.     a.     Analytics,  continued;  Differential  Calculus. 

b.     Calculus,  Differential  and  Integral,  Osborne. 
IV.     a.     Astronomy,  Young  Manual, 
b.     Surveying,  Barton. 

Courses  III.  and    IV.  are    given    in    alternate 
years.  / 
Course  III.  may  be  expected  in  1907-08. 

PHILOSOPHY. 

Professor  Atkinson. 

The  courses  are  all  offered  in  the  Junior  and  Senior 
years. 

III.     a.     Logic  and  Psychology.     Prerequisite  one  year 
of  Science,  or  Mathematics  II. 

III.  b.     Elective.    Economics  and  Sociology.    Prerequi- 

site, one  year  of  science  in  same  year  if  not 
previously. 

IV.  a.     Elective.    History  of  Philosophy,  Ethics,  Prere- 

quisite, Philisophy  III.  a.  at  same  time  if  not 

previously. 
IV.     b.     Elective.     Christian     Evidences,     Metaphysics. 

Prerequisite,  Philosophy  III.  a.  at  same  time 

if  not  previously. 
Philosophy  III.  b.  is  given  in  alternate  years 

with  History  III.  and  will  not  be  offered  in 

1907-08. 
Philosophy  IV.  a.  and  IV.  b.  will  be  offered  in 

alternate  years.     IV.  b.  will  be     given     in 

1907-08. 
Lectures  will  supplement  class  study  of  texts. 

Texts,  Regular  and  Supplementary. 

Thilly's  Ethics,  Fisher's  Theistic  and  Christian  Belief, 
Candler's  Christus  Auctor,  Browne's  Theory  of  Thought 


132  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

and  Knowledge,  Bowne's  Metaphysics,  Dewey's  Psy- 
chology, Rogers'  History  of  Philosophy,  Bullock's  Econ- 
omics, Giddings's  Elements  of  Sociology,  Creighton's 
Logic,  Fullerton's  Introduction  to  Philosophy,  MacKen- 
zie's  Ethics,  Carver's  Sociology. 


HISTORY. 

PROFESSOR  ATKINSON. 

The  courses  begin  with  the  Freshman  Class,  presup- 
posing an  elementary  knowledge  of  United  States  His- 
tory. They  are  as  follows: 

I.     Eastern  Nations,  Greece  and  Rome. 
II.     Mediaeval  and  Modern  Europe. 
England. 

III.  Institutional  and  Constitutional     Development     of 

the  United  States.    Political  Science. 

IV.  At  the  discretion  of  the  President  and  of  the  in- 
structor, a  course  in  Ecclesiastical  History  and  Pastoral 
Theology  will  be  offered  especially  for  candidates  for  the 
ministry. 

History  III.  alternates  with  Philosophy  III.  b.  and  will 
be  offered  1907-08. 

Lectures  will  supplement  class  study  of  texts. 

Texts,  Regular  and  Supplementary. 

Myers's  History  of  Greece,  Myers's  Rome;  Its  Rise 
and  Fall.  Cheyney's  History  of  England,  Bacon's  Amer- 
ican Christianity,  Bryce's  American  Commonwealth, 
Robinson's  Western  Europe,  Brown's  Alabama,  Curry's 
South,  Fisher's  History  of  the  Christian  Church,  Elson's 
United  States,  Fiske's  Civil  Government. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  133 

BIBLE. 
DR.    HOSMER. 

Bible  I. 

The  Bible,  with  reference  to  the  Patriarchal  and  He- 
brew history,  from  the  creation  to  Solomon's  death. 

Bible  II. 

Hebrew  history,  from  the  revolt  of  the  ten  tribes  to 
the  return  from  the  Babylonian  captivity,  together  with 
the  poetic  and  prophetic  books. 

Bible  III. 

The  life  of  Christ,  as  contained  in  the  four  gospels. 
Bible  IV. 

This  year  is  given  to  the  study  of  the  Acts  of  the  Apos- 
tles, the  Epistles  and  the  book  of  Revelation. 


SCIENCE. 

PROFESSOR  RICHARDSON  &  MR.  WOOD. 

1.     a.     Physiology. 

This  is  Elementary  work,  but  it  is  the  aim  to 
make  it  scientific,  and  hence  practical, 
b.     Physical  Geography. 

I.         Physics. 

Pre-requisite — Sophomore  Mathematics. 
Two  hours  recitation,  three    hours    labora- 
tory, per  week. 

Text — Gage's  Principles,  and  Coleman's  Lab- 
oratory Manual. 


134  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

II.         Chemistry. 

For  Juniors. 

Pre-requisite — Physics,  taken     either    before 
or  at  same  time. 

An  attempt  is  made  to  give  the  pupils  a 
scientific,  though  necessarily  elementary, 
knowledge  of  the  subject.  The  work  done  in 
laboratory,  and  record  thereof  kept,  is  count- 
ed in  making  up  the  grade. 
Text — NewelFs  Descriptive  Chemistry. 

III.  For  Seniors. 

In  the  second  year  in  Chemistry,  Qualitative 
Analysis,  with  a  much  deeper  inquiry  into 
the  theory  of  analytical  reactions,  Electrolytic 
dissociation,  ionization,  etc.,  is  studied.  Pa- 
pers on  chemical  subjects  are  required. 
Text  1905-1906 — Garvin's  Qualitative  Analy* 
sis,  Venable's  Short  History  of  Chemistry. 

IV.  Botany  and  Zoology. 


PUBLIC  SPEAKING. 
PROFESSOR  RICHARDSON. 

While  no  time  is  given  to  this  work  in  regular  classes, 
yet  it  is  the  endeavor  to  encourage  all  the  students  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  true  art  of  expression.  Each  student 
is  expected  to  speak  once  in  public  each  term.  The 
Juniors  and  Seniors  speak  original  parts,  while  the  others 
may  simply  declaim  some  memorized  selection. 

Continual  work  in  the  two  literary  societies  on  decla- 
mations, orations,  and  debates  furnishes  excellent  oppor- 
tunities for  practice  in  the  different  phases  of  public  ad- 
dress. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  135 

During  Commencement  week  five  contests  are  held,  in 
each  of  which  the  winner  is  presented  with  a  gold  medal. 

It  is  the  aim  to  discourage  the  custom  of  tearing  a 
passion  to  tatters  by  ranting — which  is  ruinous  to  the 
voice — and  the  use  of  superficial  gestures ;  and  we  would 
impress  on  the  student  the  fact  that  the  spirit  and  fire 
of  true  Eloquence  may  be,  and  should  be,  expressed  by  a 
saner  method. 


MODERN  LANGUAGES. 

PROFESSOR  LITTLETON. 

French. 

I.  a.     Nineteenth  century  plays  and  short  stories, 
b.     Hugo  and  DeMussett. 

Grammar  and  prose  composition  one  hour  week- 
ly throughout  the  session. 

II.  a.     Coneille,  Racine,  Moliere. 

Francois'  Advanced  French  Prose  Composition 
one  hour  weekly  throughout  the  first  term. 

b.     Modern  France  and  the  Romantic  School. 

Conversation  and  reading     one     hour  weekly 
throughout  the  second  term. 

German. 
I.     a.     Modern  plays  and  short  stories. 

b.     Schiller  and  lyric  poetry. 

Grammar  and  prose  composition  one  hour  week- 
ly throughout  the  session. 
II.     a.     Goethe,  Lessing. 

Prose  composition  one  hour  weekly  throughout 
the  first  term. 

b.     Literature,  Keller,    Kuno    Francke;    a    modern 
novel  or  poem. 


136  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

Prose  composition  one  hour  weekly  throughout 
the  second  term. 

Spanish. 

I.     a.     Introduction  a  la  Lengua  Castellana,  Marion  y 
Des  Garennes. 

In  this  course  the  talking  machine,  similar  to 
the  one  used  in  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapo- 
lis, is  a  most  valuable  adjunct  to  text-book  and 
teacher  in  enabling  the  class  to  learn  the  Span- 
ish pronunciation. 

b.  Plays  and  short  stories,  Valera,  Larro,  Galdo's 
Grammar  and  prose  composition  one  hour 
weekly  throughout  the  session. 

a.  Alarcon,  Goldo's. 

b.  Moratin  and  such  authors  will  furnish  the  read- 
ing matter  for  the  term. 

Grammar  and  prose  composition  weekly 
throughout  the  session. 


MAJOR  STUDY. 

All  candidates  for  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  must 
elect  as  a  major  study  the  Junior  and  Senior  courses  of 
one  of  the  following  subjects:  English,  Greek,  Latin, 
Mathematics. 


MASTER'S  DEGREE. 

The  Degree  of  Master  of  Arts  will  be  conferred  on 
those  who  have  received  the  bachelor's  degree  from  this 
or  other  institutions  of  equal  grade  on  the  following  con- 
ditions : 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  137 

One  year's  resident  study  in  two  or  three  subjects — 
one  major  and  one  or  two  minors. 

The  major  study,  which  must  have  been  pursued  as  a 
major  in  under-graduate  work,  shall  require  more  than 
one-half  of  the  time  of  the  student. 

One  minor  shall  be  of  kindred  subject  with  the  major. 
A  thesis  on  some  subject  related  to  the  major  study  shall 
be  presented  not  later  than  six  weeks  before  the  degree 
is  expected. 

A  final  examination  in  the  major  and  minor  subjects 
shall  be  conducted  orally  in  the  presence  of  the  faculty. 
In  the  major  subject,  however,  there  may  be  a  written 
examination  in  addition  to  the  oral,  subject  to  the  in- 
structor in  charge. 


138  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

CHARTER   OF  THE   SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY. 


An  Act 

To  incorporate  the  Southern  University  at  Greensboro 
in  the  County  of  Greene,  and  for  other  purposes, 

"Whereas,  the  Alabama  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  South,  have  resolved  to  establish  an 
institution  of  learning  of  high  general  character  for  the 
promotion  of  literature,  science,  morality  and  religion, 
within  the  limits  of  the  said  Conference;  and  having  in 
fact  at  a  late  meeting  determined  that  the  said  Institu- 
tion should  be  located  in  the  town  of  Greensboro,  in  the 
county  of  Greene;  now  in  order  to  give  a  full  and  com- 
plete legal  effect  thereto — 

"Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  State  of  Alabama  in  General  As- 
sembly convened ;  that  the  Rev.  Robert  Paine,  Rev.  James 
0.  Andrew,  Rev.  Edward  Wadsworth,  Rev.  Jefferson 
Hamilton,  Rev.  Thomas  0.  Summers,  Rev.  Archelus  H. 
Mitchell,  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Roger,  Rev.  Christopher  C. 
Callaway,  Rev.  Joseph  J.  Hutchinson,  Rev.  Joshua  T. 
Heard,  Rev.  Phillip  P.  Neely,  Rev.  Lucius  Q.  C.  De Yam- 
pert,  Rev.  Henry  W.  Hilliard,  Rev.  Thomas  Y.  Ramsey, 
John  Erwin,  Gideon  E.  Nelson,  Robert  A.  Baker,  John 
W.  Walton,  Thomas  M.  Johnston,  Gaston  Drake,  Thomas 
W.  Webb,  Augustus  A.  Coleman,  Duke  W.  Goodman,  and 
their  associates  and  successors  in  office  be  and  they  are 
hereby  constituted  a  body  corporate  and  politic,  by  the 
name  and  style  of  The  Trustees  of  the  Southern  Uni- 
versity, with  the  right  and  power  of  exercising  all  and 
singular  the  privileges,  incidents  and  capacities  of  cor- 
porations aggregate:  to  sue  and  be  sued;  implead  and 
be  impleaded ;  grant  or  receive ;  contract  or  be  contracted 
with ;  and  do  and  perform  all  other  proper  and  necessary 
acts  and  things  as  natural  persons;  to  purchase  and  hold 
lands  or  other  real  estate  and  personal  property  for  the 
use  and  benefit  of  the  said  University:  to  have  and  use 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  139 

a  common  seal  and  change  the  same  at  pleasure ;  to  make 
by-laws  and  ordinances  for  the  proper  conduct  and  good 
government  of  the  said  University;  provided  said  ordi- 
nances or  by-laws  shall  not  be  inconsistent  with  the 
statute  of  the  State;  to  elect  or  appoint  a  President  and 
such  Professors,  who  shall  compose  the  Faculty  of  the 
said  University,  as  they  may  think  proper,  and  any 
teachers  or  assistants  that  they  may  see  fit;  to  establish, 
change  or  abolish  professorships  as  the  exigencies  or 
interests  of  the  University  may  require;  and  to  do  and 
perform  all  other  acts  necessary  or  expedient  for  the 
proper  conduct  of  the  said  University,  so  as  to  render  it 
successful  in  accomplishing  the  great  object  of  its  es- 
tablishment. 

"Section  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  Trustees  to 
be  hereafter  appointed  shall  be  elected  annually  by  the 
Alabama  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
South,  and  shall  continue  in  office  until  their  successors 
are  duly  appointed,  and  be  prepared  to  enter  on  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties;  and  the  said  Conference  may,  at 
their  pleasure,  change  the  number  of  Trustees  to  be  ap- 
pointed, but  there  shall  never  be  less  than  nine,  and  any 
nine  Trustees  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transac- 
tion of  business;  and  in  the  event  of  a  vacancy  in  the 
Board  of  Trustees  by  death  or  resignation,  the  same  may 
at  any  time  be  filled  by  the  remainder  of  the  Board  at 
any  meeting  of  the  same,  and  the  said  Conference,  which 
shall  be  the  patron  of  the  said  University,  shall,  when- 
ever they  deem  it  proper,  have  the  right  to  appoint  a 
committee  to  visit  the  said  University,  and  examine  into 
everything  appertaining  to  its  management,  and  into  the 
conduct  of  the  Trustees,  or  of  the  Faculty,  or  of  any 
member  thereof. 

"Section  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted  that  the  Faculty 
of  the  said  University  shall  have  authority  to  confer  de- 
grees as  they  may  think  just  and  proper;  and  to  make  all 


140  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

such  needful  rules  and  regulations  in  regard  to  the  con- 
duct of  the  pupils,  and  to  the  course  of  exercise  and  in- 
struction that  they  may  deem  best,  subject,  however  at 
all  times  to  the  control  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  who  may 
reject,  revoke,  modify,  or  change  the  same  as  they  may 
see  fit. 

"Section  4.  And  in  order  to  secure  the  confidence  of 
those  who  desire  to  patronize  the  said  -University,  and  of 
the  public  generally,  and  to  preserve  the  good  order  of 
the  said  University,  and  the  morals  of  the  pupils  who 
may  attend  the  same,  Be  it  further  enacted,  that  from 
and  after  the  first  day  of  March,  A.  D.,  1857,  it  shall  not 
be  lawful  for  any  person  other  than  Druggists  keeping 
regular  Drug  Stores,  and  practising  physicians  as  here- 
inafter provided,  to  sell,  vend,  exchange,  or  barter  away 
for  money  or  other  consideration  of  value,  or  for  the 
promise  or  expectation  thereof,  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  town  of  Greensboro,  or  within  five  miles  of 
the  said  corporate  limits  in  any  direction  therefrom,  any 
brandy,  gin,  or  any  other  spirituous  liquors,  any  wine, 
beer,  ale,  porter,  or  intoxicating  beverages,  simple  or 
compound,  in  any  quantities  large  or  small,  to  any  per- 
son or  persons  whatever;  and  any  person  or  persons 
herein,  shall  be  liable  to  be  indicted  in  the  proper 
County,  and  on  conviction  shall  for  the  first  offence  be 
fined  in  the  sum  of  One  Hundred  Dollars,  and  for  the 
second  and  every  subsequent  offence,  in  addition  to  the 
amount  of  said  fine,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  common 
jail  of  the  County  three  months  and  until  the  fine  and  all 
the  costs  of  the  prosecution  shall  be  fully  paid  and  dis- 
charged, and  no  license  or  permit  shall  hereafter  be 
granted  by  any  authority  or  power  whatever  in  the 
County  of  Greene  or  any  other  County  in  this  State,  nor 
by  any  corporation  or  other  body  to  any  person  or  per- 
sons, to  vend  or  dispose  of,  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  any  spirituous  liquors,  wines,  ale,  beer,  por- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  141 

ter,  or  other  intoxicating  drinks  or  beverages,  simple  or 
compound,  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  March,  A.  D., 
1857.  And  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  procure  any 
such  license  or  permit,  it  shall  from  and  after  the  said 
day  be  utterly  void  and  of  no  force  whatever;  and  all 
acts  conflicting  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 

"Section  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted  that  any  person 
regularly  engaged  in  keeping  a  Drug  Store  in  the  town 
of  Greensboro,  and  all  practicing  physicians  in  said  town 
or  within  five  miles  thereof,  may  notwithstanding  any- 
thing in  the  preceding  section  to  the  contrary,  vend,  sell, 
or  furnish  wines  or  liquors  in  good  faith  for  medicinal 
purposes  only;  but  they  shall  never  sell,  vend  or  give  to 
any  student  of  the  said  Southern  University,  any  wines 
or  liquors  whatever  for  any  purpose  nor  upon  any  pre- 
text but  upon  an  order  of  a  member  of  the  Faculty  of  the 
said  University,  specifying  that  the  same  is  required  by 
such  student  for  medicinal  purposes;  and  if  any  Drug- 
gist or  Physician  shall  offend  herein  he  shall  be  fined  and 
punished  as  provided  in  the  last  preceding  section  of  this 
act;  and  in  addition  thereto  on  conviction  for  any  of- 
fence committed  herein,  be  wholly  deprived  of  all  the 
benefit  or  privilege  granted  under  this  section. 

"Section  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted  that  the  prop- 
erty and  estate,  real  and  personal  held  and  owned  by  the 
Trustees  of  the  said  University  under  this  act  shall  be 
free  and  exempt  from  taxation,  whether  the  same  be  for 
State,  County  or  Corporation  purposes. 

"Approved  January  26,  1856." 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  "An  Act  to  incorporate  The  Southern  Uni- 
versity at  Greensborough,  in  the  County  of  Greene,  and 
for  other  purposes,"  passed  January  25th,  1856. 


142  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

Whereas,  The  Alabama  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  South,  did  establish  and  found  an  in- 
stitution of  learning  at  Greensborough,  now  in  Hale 
County,  Alabama,  and  the  same  was  incorporated  by  the 
above  recited  act,  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Alabama,  January  25th,  1856,  under  and  by  the  corpo- 
rate name  and  style  of  the  "Trustees  of  The  Southern 
University,"  and  said  Conference,  the  patron  of  said 
University,  has,  from  various  causes,  been  rendered  un- 
able to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  the  University  in  any 
measure  equal  to  the  original  planned  purposes;  and, 
whereas,  "The  North  Alabama  Conference  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  South,"  which  is  composed,  in 
part,  of  members  and  territory  that  were  of  the  juris- 
diction of  said  Alabama  Conference  when  said  Univer- 
sity was  founded,  and  said  North  Alabama  Conference 
is  without  any  male  college  in  its  bounds,  and  therefore 
desires  to  unite  with  the  Alabama  Conference  in  sustain- 
ing said  University,  therefore: 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Alabama,  That  Section  1  of  said  "Act  to  incorporate  the 
Southern  University  at  Greensborough,  in  the  County 
of  Greene,  and  for  other  purposes,"  passed  January  25th. 
1856,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read 
as  follows:  Section  1.  Allen  S.  Andrews,  W.  A.  Mc- 
Carty,  John  Keener,  Theophilus  F.  Mangum,  0.  R.  Blue. 
Pleasant  Green  Wood,  F.  M.  Peterson,  John  Henry  Y. 
Webb,  S.  H.  Dent,  Robert  T.  Nabors,  John  A.  Thomp- 
son, S.  M.  Hosmer,  John  B.  Gregory,  L.  M.  Wilson,  John 
L.  Rison,  John  T.  Harris,  E.  A.  Powell,  and  M.  V.  Henry, 
and  their  successors,  and  they  are  hereby  constituted  a 
body  corporate  and  politic,  under  and  by  the  name  and 
style  of  "The  Southern  University."  With  the  right  and 
power  of  exercising  all  and  singular  privileges,  incident? 
and  capacities  of  corporations  to  sue  and  be  sued,  grant 
or  receive,  contract  or  be  contracted  with,  purchase  and 
hold  real  estate  and  personal  property  for  the  use  and 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  143 

benefit  of  said  University,  to  have,  use  and  change  at 
pleasure  a  seal;  to  make  by-laws  and  ordinances  for  the 
proper  conduct  and  good  government  of  the  said  Uni- 
versity; to  elect  a  president  and  such  professors,  as  they 
may  think  proper,  who  shall  compose  the  faculty  of  said 
University,  and  may  also  elect  tutors,  teachers  and  such 
assistants  as  they  may  see  fit;  to  establish,  change  and 
abolish  professorships  and  scholarships,  as  the  exigen- 
cies or  interest  of  the  University  may  require,  and  do 
and  perform  all  other  acts  necessary  or  expedient  for  the 
proper  conduct  of  the  said  University  so  as  to  render 
it  successful  in  accomplishing  the  great  object  of  its  es- 
tablishment; but  said  Trustees  shall  not  have  any  right 
or  power  to  make  a  contract,  or  create  any  debt  or  obli- 
gation binding  upon  any  of  the  property  or  assets  of  the 
University,  except  only  for  the  necessary  repairs  on  the 
college  buildings,  dormitories,  and  residences  belonging 
to  said  University. 

Section  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  that  Section  2  of 
said  Act  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Section 
2.  The  trustees  named  in  the  first  section  of  this  act, 
shall  hold  their  said  office  till  the  next  regular  sessions  of 
said  Annual  Conference,  when  the  said  Annual  Alabama 
Conference  shall  elect  three  trustees,  to  hold  office  as 
such  trustees  for  one  year,  and  three  trustees  who  shall 
hold  office  as  such  trustees  for  two  years,  and  three  trus- 
tees who  shall  hold  office  as  such  trustees  for  three  years ; 
and  in  like  manner  the  said  North  Alabama  Conference, 
at  its  next  regular  annual  session,  shall  elect  three  trus- 
tees who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year,  three  trustees  who 
shall  hold  office  for  two  years,  and  three  trustees  who 
shall  hold  office  for  three  years.  Upon  the  expiration 
of  the  term  of  office  of  any  trustee  who  may  have  been 
elected  under  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  Annual 
Conference  that  elected  the  trustee  whose  term  has  thus 
expired,  shall  elect  a  trustee  to  fill  said  vacancy,  who  shall 
hold  office  as  said  trustee  for  three  years.  Should  any 


144  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

trustee  die  or  resign,  the  Annual  Conference  that  elected 
him,  shall,  at  its  next  regular  session  held  after  such 
vacancy  occurs,  elect  a  trustee  who  shall  hold  office  for 
the  unexpired  term  of  the  trustee  who  died  or  resigned. 
The  Bishop  assigned  to  hold  the  annual  sessions  of  the 
Alabama  Conference,  shall  be  ex-officio  president  of  said 
board  of  trustees,  and  any  nine  of  said  trustees,  with 
said  Bishop,  shall  be  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business,  and  in  the  absence  of  said  Bishop,  any  ten  shall 
be  a  quorum,  who  may  elect  one  of  their  number  as  pres- 
ident pro  tern.  The  said  Alabama  Conference  and  North 
Alabama  Conference  shall  be  patrons  of  the  said  Univer- 
sity, and  each  of  said  Conferences  shall,  whenever  they 
deem  it  proper,  appoint  visitors  to  visit  said  University 
and  examine  into  everything  appertaining  to  its  manage- 
ment, and  into  the  conduct  of  the  trustees  and  the  fac- 
ulty, or  any  member  thereof. 

Section  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  "Trustees 
of  the  Southern  University"  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
convey  by  deed  in  fee  simple,  all  the  property,  real  and 
personal,  chosen  in  action,  franchises,  rights  and  priv- 
ileges that  belong  or  appertain  to  said  corporation,  to 
the  "Annual  Alabama  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  South,"  and  "The  North  Alabama  Confer- 
ence of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South,"  to  be  by 
said  Conferences  jointly  and  equally  held,  used  and  dis- 
posed of,  as  they  deem  best  for  the  attainment  of  the 
objects  and  purposes  for  which  said  University  was 
founded. 

Approved  February  16,  1883. 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  act  approved  February  16,  1883,  entitled : 
"An  Act  to  amend  an  act  to  incorporate  the  Southern 
University  of  Greensborough,  in  the  County  of  Greene, 
and  for  other  purposes,  passed  January  25,  1856." 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  145 

Whereas,  under  and  in  pursuance  of  the  act  mentioned 
in  the  foregoing  caption  of  this  act,  the  "Annual  Ala- 
bama Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
South,"  and  the  "North  Alabama  Conference  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  South,"  did  unite  in  sustaining 
and  in  carrying  on  the  said  Southern  University  and  to- 
gether did  sustain  and  carry  on  the  said  institution  of 
learning  up  to  a  late  date; 

And,  whereas,  the  said  North  Alabama  Conference  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South,  has  lately  estab- 
lished, and  is  now  carrying  on  a  male  college  within  its 
own  bounds;  and  therefore,  does  not  desire  longer  to 
unite  with  the  said  Alabama  Conference  in  sustaining 
and  carrying  on  the  said  Southern  University;  and,  on 
the  2nd  day  of  December,  1897,  did  adopt  a  resolution, 
which  is  as  follows:  "Resolved  1,  That  we  hereby  in- 
struct the  legal  representatives  of  this  Conference  to 
deed  back  to  the  Alabama  Conference  all  our  rights  and 
ownership  in  the  Southern  University;" 

And,  whereas,  the  said  Alabama  Conference  desires  to 
continue  to  sustain  and  carry  on  the  said  Southern  Uni- 
versity, as  it  did  prior  to  the  adoption  of  the  act  men- 
tioned in  the  caption  of  this  act;  by  a  board  of  trustees 
who  shall  reside  within  the  bounds  of  the  said  Alabama 
Conference;  therefore, 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Alabama,  that  Section  1  of  the  act  mentioned  and  de- 
scribed in  the  caption  of  this  act  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
Alabama,  That  P.  G.  Wood,  A.  J.  Lamar,  D.  C.  Turnip- 
seed,  L.  J.  Lawson,  W.  P.  Hurt,  T.  F.  Mangum,  J.  M, 
Mason,  J.  S.  Frazer,  W.  W.  Overstreet,  O.  C.  McGehee. 
A.  L.  Andrews,  W.  P.  Dickinson,  S.  H.  Dent,  J.  A.  Peter- 
son, and  J.  E.  McCann  and  their  successors  be,  and  they 
are  hereby  constituted  a  body  corporate  and  politic  un- 


146  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

der  and  by  the  name  and  style  of  "The  Southern  Uni- 
versity," with  rights  and  power  of  exercising  all  and 
singular  the  privileges,  incidents  and  capacities  of  cor- 
porations; to  sue  and  be  sued,  to  grant  and  to  receive; 
to  contract  and  to  be  contracted  with;  to  purchase,  have 
and  hold  real  and  personal  property  for  the  use  and 
benefit  of  said  institution  of  learning,  known  as  "The 
Southern  University,"  to  have  and  to  use,  and  change  at 
pleasure  a  seal;  to  make  by-laws,  rules  and  ordinances 
for  the  proper  conduct  and  good  government  of  the  said 
institution  of  learning,  "The  Southern  University,"  to 
elect  a  president  and  such  professors  as  they  may  think 
proper  who  shall  constitute  a  faculty  of  said  "The  South- 
ern University,"  and  to  elect  such  tutors,  teachers,  and 
assistants  as  they  may  think  proper ;  to  establish,  change 
and  abolish  professorships  and  scholarships,  as  the  ex- 
igencies and  interests  of  the  said,  "The  Southern  Uni- 
versity," may  require; 

And  to  do  and  perform  all  other  acts  necessary,  proper 
and  expedient  for  the  proper  conduct  of  the  said,  "The 
Southern  University,"  so  as  to  render  it  successful  in 
accomplishing  the  great  object  of  its  establishment;  but 
the  trustees  of  the  said,  "The  Southern  University," 
shall  not  have  the  power  to  make  a  contract  or  create 
any  debt  or  obligation  binding  upon  any  of  the  property 
of  the  said  Southern  University. 

Section  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  The  trustees  named 
in  the  first  section  of  this  act  shall  hold  their  office  as 
trustees  until  the  next  regular  annual  session  of  the  said 
Alabama  Conference,  at  which  session  the  said  Confer- 
ence shall  elect  fifteen  trustees,  five  of  whom  shall  hold 
office  for  one  year,  and  five  for  two,  and  five  for  three 
years;  and  the  said  Conference  from  time  to  time,  shall 
elect  such  trustees  as  are  necessary  to  keep  the  board  of 
trustees  full  and  up  to  the  number  of  fifteen.  Five  trus- 
tees shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  transact  the  proper  bus- 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  147 

iness  of  the  board  of  trustees.  At  each  regular  annual 
meeting  of  the  board  of  trustees  they  shall  elect  one  of 
their  number  president  of  the  board,  who  shall  hold  office 
until  the  next  annual  meeting  and  until  his  successor  is 
elected,  and  the  said  Alabama  Conference  shall  be  the 
patron  of  the  said  "The  Southern  University,"  and  when- 
ever it  shall  deem  it  proper,  it  shall  appoint  visitors  to 
visit  said  University  and  examine  into  everything  ap- 
pertaining to  its  management,  and  into  the  conduct  of  the 
trustees,  and  the  faculty,  or  any  of  its  members. 

Section  3.  That  the  regular  annual  meetings  of  the 
board  of  trustees  be  held  in  Greensboro  at  the  time  the 
commencement  exercises  are  held. 

Section  4.  That  meetings  may  be  held  at  the  call  of 
the  president  of  the  board,  at  any  place  within  the  bounds 
of  the  Alabama  Conference,  the  time  and  place  to  be 
named  in  the  call  to  be  published  one  week  before  the 
meeting  in  the  newspaper  that  is  the  organ  of  the  Ala- 
bama Conference. 

Section  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws,  and 
parts  of  laws,  general  or  specific,  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  January  28,  1899. 


148  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 


OFFICERS. 
1906 

John  Stanley  Frazer,  D.  D President 

Louis  Joshua  Lawson Treasurer 

William  Posey  Hurt,  A.  B.,  D.  D Secretary 

Samuel  Monroe  Hosmer,  B.  P.,  D.  D Agent 

TRUSTEES. 

Term  Expires  1908. 

David  Columbus  Turnipseed Flora 

Rev.  Edward  Eugene  Cowan Tuskegee 

Cilby  Lihu  Wiggins Pine  Barren,  Fla. 

Henry  Gaither  Perry,  A.  B.,  M.  D Greensboro 

William   Franklin   Vandiver Montgomery 

Term  Expires  1909. 

William  Posey  Hurt,  A.  B.,  D.  D Dothan 

Oliver  Clark  McGehee,  A.  M.,  D.  D Montgomery 

John  Stanley  Frazer,  D.  D Mobile 

Rev.  Charles  Andrew  Rush,  A.  B Mobile 

Hon.  Peter  Bryant  Jarman Livingston 

Term  Expires  1910. 

John  Albert  Peterson,  A.  M.,  D.  D Dothan 

Rev.  Edward  Aris  Dannelly Greensboro 

Col.  Louis  Joshua  Lawson Greensboro 

Angus  Murphy  McMillan Pensacola,  F"la. 

Ransome  0.  Simpson Furman 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

William  Posey  Hurt  Henry   Gaither   Perry 

Louis  Joshua  Lawson  Ransome  0.  Simpson 

William  Franklin  Vandiver. 


OF   THE  SOUTHERN   UNIVERSITY  149 

SEMI-CENTENNIAL  COMMENCEMENT  EXER- 
CISES. 

FORTY-FOURTH   SESSION,   1905-1906. 

Sunday,  June  3. 

Commencement  Sermon 11:30  A.  M. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Murrah,  D.  D.,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Evening  Service  Semi-Centennial  Sermon 8:00  P.  M, 

Rev.  W.  P.  Hurt. 

Monday,  June  4 
Contest  for  Societies'  Medal 10:30  A.  M. 

Address  before  the  literary  societies — 

Rev.  H.  M.  DuBose,  D.  D.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Junior  Oratorical  Contest 8:30  P.  M. 

Meeting  of  Trustees 8:30  P.  M. 

Tuesday,  June  5 

Semi-Centennial  Address 10:30  A.  M. 

A.  H.  Moore. 

Our  History — 

D.  P.  Christenberry. 

Wednesday,  June  6. 

Orations  by  Graduating  Class 10:30  A.  M. 

Conferring  of  Degrees. 

Delivery  of  Prizes  and  Medals. 

Announcements. 


150  THE  SEMI-CENTENNIAL  HISTORY 

A  SONG. 

O  come  give  a  cheer 

For  Southern  University 

On  this  our  day  of  jubilee 

0  come  give  us  a  cheer. 

The  faculty  and  students  too 

Unite  in  heart  to  welcome  you 

And  pass  you  through  our  grand  review 

0  come  give  a  cheer. 

0  come  give  a  cheer 

Our  noble  Alma  Mater 

With  marks  of  time  is  still  sublime 

0  come  give  a  cheer. 

Her  fortune  oft  has  been  adverse 

But  at  this  time  we'll  not  rehearse 

Her  struggles  in  our  cheery  verse 

0  come  give  a  cheer 

O  come  give  a  cheer. 

With  hearts  of  love  o'erflowing 

For  old  S.  U.,  we  call  her  "Sue"— 

0  come  give  a  cheer. 

Her  fifty  years  of  useful  days 

Entitles  her  to  love  and  praise 

And  fifty  years  of  brighter  days 

0  come  give  a  cheer. 

0  come  give  a  cheer 

We  'round  our  mother  rally 

On  this  our  day  of  grand  survey 

0  come  give  a  cheer. 

We  clasp  each  brother's  hand  today 

And  pledge  for  her  to  work  and  pray, 

To  honor  her  'till  dying  day 

0   come  give  a  cheer. 

—Mrs.  J.  B.  P. 


List  of  Illustrations 


A  brains.    A 
Allen,     Charles 
Andrews,    A.     S 
Andrews,     W.     F 
Atkinson,    C.     P 
Atkinson's    Residence 
A.     T.     O.     '01 
Baxley,     J.     A 
Base   Ball  Team,   '04 
Blckerstaff,     W.     R 
Blue.    O.    R 


PAGE 
84 
79 
35 
53 
48 
100 
84 
86 
63 
86 
17 


Brown,    E.    L  .......................    39,  81 

Brown,    J.    V  .............................  86 

Branscomb,    L.    C  .......................  54 

Bryant,      F.     H  ......................  ...  84 

Bullock,    J.    A  ...........................  76 

Bullard,     R.     C  .........................  81 

Callaway,    C.    C  ......................  17 

Callaway,     E  ...........................  81 

Cannon,    "W.    J  ...........................  78 

Carr,    J.    C  ..............................  78 

Carr,     R.     B  .............................  78 

Cammack,    N.    G  .......................  76 

Carpenter,     M.     N  .....................  84 

Casey,    O.    F  ...........................  24 

Chapman,    F.    E  .....................  48,  84 

Chapman,    Bettle    ......................  58 

Cochran,    R.    P  .........................  76 

Chapel     ................................  42 

Cherry,    V.     P  .........................  63 

Chilton,     C.     L.     Jr  .....................  84 

Chilton,     W.     P  .......................  84 

Chrlstenberry,    D.    P.    ..Frontispiece,  54,  81 

D.    P.    Christenberry's    Residence    ____  103 

Church,    Methodist    ....................  98 

Cleveland,    C.    H  ........................  78 

Cleveland,   J.    W  .......................  78 

Co-Eds     ...............................  58 

Colebeck,     E.     L  .....................  47 

Coleman,    Judge    A.    A  .................  18 

Coleman,    Phares    ....................  80 

Culver,    F.    P  ...........................  51 

Cummings,     J.     B  .......................  79 

DeYampert,    L.    Q.    C  ...................  18 

Davis.    A.    C  ...........................  84 

DeBardeleben,    Capitola    ..............  58 

DeBardeleben,    C.   A  ...................  76 

DeGraffenried,    Seay    ..................  86 

Dickey,    L.    C  ...........................  37 

Dickinson,   W.   P.  Jr  ...................  81 

Domlnick,    Bessie    ......................  58 

Dominlck,    F.    M  .......................  75 

Dominlck,    Mattie    ......................  68 

Dunlap,     E.      B  .......................  63 

Echols,    R  ..............................  81 

Epes,    John     ..........................  79 

Er\vin,     John     .........................  19 

Erwin,    Margaret    ........................  58 

Farrlor,    J.    B  .........................  81 

Feagin,    N.    B  .........................  79 

Feagin,     B.     E.     Jr  .....................  76 

Fowlkes,    S.    C  .........................  86 

Frazer,     J.     S  .........................  44 

Frazer,    J.    W.     ........................  84 

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PAGE 

Gaines,     Ed     86 

Gelsler,     W.     H 39 

Giddens,        L.P 46,  81 

Glass,    J.    V 26 

Godbold,    W.    T ' 76 

Grote,     Prof.     C.     A 34 

Grote,    C.    A.    Jr 76 

Grote,    Flossie    Ellis    58 

Gunn,    J.    H 76 

Gymnasium     65 

Hamill,     Hugh     86 

Hamilton    Hall    29 

Hamilton,    Jefferson     28 

Hamilton,    W.    C 81 

Happel,     T.    J 49 

Hastings.    F.    G 63 

Henry,    W.    G 81 

Hobson,   R.   P 57 

Hopkins,    I.    S 31 

Hosmer,     S.    M 43 

Hosmer,     W.     R 78 

Howard,    Clinton    63 

Howard,    T.    L 81 

Howard,    F.    M 81 

Huey,    B.    M 26 

Hutchinson,    C    .E 81 

Inge,    W.    B 49 

James,    J.    C 81 

Jarman,    P.    B.    Jr 78 

Jones,     Lee     81 

Jones,    Harold    81 

Jones,    P.    B 63 

Jones,     Margaret     58 

Jones,    R.    R 94 

Johnson,     Henry     79 

K.    A.    '99    81 

Kendrick,    B.    M 86 

Keener,   J.    0 40,  86 

Keener,    Mrs.    J.    0 86 

Keener,     Ella    86 

Key,     D.     M 48 

Killough,     G 63 

Knickerbocker,    Percy    86 

Laboratory     45 

Landrum,     L.    D 79 

Landrum,    Z.    P 79 

Lawson,     Mary     58 

Lawson,    Lewis    81 

Laws"on,     Ried     84 

Ledbetter,     R.     E 84 

Lewis,     J 33 

Library     55 

Littleton,    J.    T 47 

Littleton's   Residence    89 

Lupton,     N.     T 23 

Littlepage,    Dan    7.  63 

Mathews,     K.     N 81 

Main    Building     21 

Martin,     C.     P 86 

Martin,    Helen    58 

McCurdy,    Geo 81 

McCartha,    C.    L.     37 

McCarty     T.    R 83 

McCoy,     J.     H 51 


McCoy,     W.     C 
McDonnell,    A.    H 
McDonnell,    Archie 
McFaddin,    Dorothy 
McGehee,    P.    D 
McGehee,    R.    B 
McGehee,    W.    W 
McNeal,    W.    H 
McLeod.    C.    J 


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38 
78 
63 
58 
63 
63 
84 
81 
86 


Mllllgan    .............................  79 

Mitchell,     A.     H  .........................  12 

Mitchell,    T.    D  ...........................  31 

Monette,    R.    F  .........................  102 

Moore,     J.     A  ..........................  51 

Moore,    J.    S  ............................  33 

Moore,     Mark     ..........................  79 

Moore,    W.     H  .........................  84 

Murrah,     W.     B  .......................  49 

Methodist    Church     ....................  98 

Newman,    O.    B  .........................  86 

Ormond,    R.    F  .........................  81 

Ormond,     J.     W  ........................  81 

Overstreet.    Alberta    ...................  58 

Peck,     Henry     ......................  t.  ..  59 

Peterson,     F.     M.,     M.    D  ..............  32 

Peterson,     Prof  ........................  34 

Phi    Delta    Theta    .......................  86 

PI     Kappa     Alpha,     '07     ................  76 

President's   Residence    .................  88 

Pringle,     F.     L,  .......................  76 

Price,    W.    F  ...........................  81 

Purcell,    T.    M  ..........................  84 

Powers,    C.    B  ..........................  81 

Richardson's    Residence     .............  93 

Richardson,    B.    P  .....................  47 

Roberts,     Hoisted     ....................  86 

Rush,    C.    A  ............................  53 

Rencher,     W.     P  ......................  79 

Seal   of   College  6..  6..  6..  6..  66  ........    Cover 

Seay,     Gov.    Thos  .....................  69 

Sellers,     A.     M  ........................  76 

Sessions,    R.    E  ........................  81 


PAGE 

Shamburger,    B.    R 76 

Shamburger,     V.     M 76 

Shoaff,    D.    E 84 

Shoaff,    J.    W 47 

Sigma    Alpha    Epsilon,     '07     78 

Sigma     Chi,     '79     79 

Smith,    Dr.    Luther    30 

Spain,     F.     E 78 

Steele,     L.     C 84 

Straiton,    Mary    58 

Straiton,     John    A 95 

Stickey,    W.    B 79 

Sturdivant,    J.    F 37 

Tarry,     Geo.    W 79 

Tebault,    R.    C 86 

Turnor,     E.     K 46 

Turner,    Jack 79 

Taylor,    Prof.    T.    A.    '. 51 

'iurnipseed,    W.    0 63 

Verdel,    Chas.    M 31 

Watson,    G.    M 76 

Wadsworth,     Edward    22 

Walker,    Fanny    58 

Walker,    Josle    58 

Ward,     E.     B 79 

Ward,     T.     B 63 

Ward,     T.     R 79 

Watkins,     L.     H 84 

Weber,     L.     J 78 

Whatley,    F.    S 78 

Whittle,    F.    F 86 

Wightman,    Wm.    M 25 

Williams,    Mabel    58 

Williams,    Judge   R.    L 49 

Wills,    J.    C 23 

Wilson,     G.    N 84 

Wittlch,    Ben    86 

Wood,    Judge    P.    G 36 

Wood,     P.     G 53 

Woodward,     R 81 

Young    Clara 58 

Young,     G.     D 76 


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Index 


PAGE 

Abernathy,     B.     G 34 

Allen,     Ethel    56 

Alpha    Kappa    Phi     71 

Alumni    Association    46,    102 

Alumni   Roll    108-118 

Andrew,    J.    0 59 

Andrew,    Bish   J.    0 17,    20 

Andrews,   A.   S 11,   26,   29,   30,   36,   41 

Andrews,     W.      F 53 

Athletics     62 

Atkins,    Joseph    34 

Atkins,    John    34 

Atkins,    John    H 34 

Atkinson,     C.     P 105 

Alpha    Tau    Omega    Fraternity    83 

Auburn     16 

A  very,     A,     M 34 

A  very,     D 20 

Avery.    Robert    72 

Baker,     A.     C '. 20 

Baker,    R.    A 17 

Banks     Memorial     Fund     92 

Banks,    R.    W 66 

Baxley,    J.    A 56    105 

Belles    Lettres    Society    70 

Belts,    Ann    B 92 

Blackford,    V.    T 34 

Blue,    O.     R 59 

Briggs,      Richie     29 

Brown,     E.     L, 44,    104 

Buchanan,   James   20 

Callaway,  C.   C 16,   17,   19,  59 

Candler,     W.     A.     Bishop     59 

Casey.   O.    F 24,   26.   104,    105 

Castleman,     D.    J 34 

Certificates     108 

Chadwick,   S.   W 34,  66,   67 

Chair,     History    Alumni     102 

Chairs    established    22 

Challenge   Debate    68,    72 

Chapel     43 

Chapel   exercises    50,    99 

Chapman,    G.    C 56 

Chapman,     F.     E 105 

Chapman,    M.    B 70 

Charter     16,     18,     35,     138 

Charter    Trustees     17 

Childress,    H.    C 20 

Chllton,    C.    L 14,    59, 

Christenberry,    D.    P 64,    70,    103,    149 

Christian,    C.    D 66 

Church    attendance    99 

Clark,    C.    B 70 

Clariosophlc    Society    66 

Cobbs,    E.    E 56 

Cocke,    J.    T.    B 20 

Co-education    58 

Colebeck,    E.    L 104 

Coleman,   A.    A 17,   29,   34 

Coleman,    James    B 34 

Coleman,    Phares    80 

College    of    Alabama    13 

Commencement,    the    first    27 

Commission   to   found    S.    U 16 


PAGE 

Contributors    19,    34 

Corner    Stone    laid     20 

Cowln,    S 19 

Crawford,    E.    L 101 

Creigh,     G.     W 70 

Curriculum    128 

Daniel,     C.     D 74 

Dannelly,    E.    A 101 

Davis,    R 20 

Debt    29 

UeGrafCenreid,    E.    W 72 

Degrees   and    Certificates    108-118 

Demerit   system    97 

Denominational   schools    10,   11,   13,   16 

DeYampert,    L.    Q.    C.    16,    17,    19,    20,    59 

Dickey,    L.    C 38,    105 

Discipline    97 

Dobbs,     H.     M 56 

Dowdell,     R 105 

Dominick,    F.    M 75 

Dowling     34 

Drake,    Gaston    17,    19 

DuBois,    John    E 34 

DuBois,    John    20 

Dubois,     R    V 20 

Dugger,    H.    B 20 

Dumas,    Mrs.    Leila    93 

Duncan,     J.     C 71 

Drake,    J.    E 71 

East   Alabama  Male  College    13,    15 

Ellis,    J.    D 27 

Ellis,     C.     C 70 

Elective    system     44 

Emory  and   Henry   1» 

Endowment    19,    20,    28 

Erwin,    John    16,    17,    19,    20,    59 

Examinations     99 

Expenses    91 

Faculty    104-105 

Faculty,    nominated    22 

Faculty,     removal     26 

Felden.     L.     A 66 

Female    Colleges     13 

Financial    Policy    32,  41 

Florence    Wesleyan    13,    15 

Fraternities     75 

Frazer,     J.     S 46,    59 

Galloway,    C.    B.    Bishop    59 

Garland,    L.    C 16,    23 

Garrett,    J.    J.    Prof 29,    59 

Gavin,     C.    W 103 

Geisler,    W.    H 105 

Giddens,    L.    P 102,    103,    105 

Gibson,     A.     J 20 

Glass,    J.    V 27,    66 

Goodman,    D.    W 17 

Gatch,    Thomas    A 26,    27 

Grote,    C.    A 36,    38,    104 

Grote,    Minna    Miss    27 

Gymnasium    63,    64 

Griffin,     J.     D 64 

Glover,    F.    L.     66 

Hand,    O.    C.    ' 64 

Hardaway,    W.    R 20 

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Hamill     ,R.     G 20 

Hamilton    Hall    96 

Hamilton.    J 17,    29,    34,    59 

Hamilton,    Jesse    20 

Hamilton,    W.    C 64 

Harris,    J.    W.    71 

Harvard    10 

Harvey,    John    Q 17,  101 

Heard,  J.   S 17,  101 

Hettin,    J.    T 74 

Henry,     R.     H 71 

Hill,     F.     F 34 

Hill,    J.    C 54 

Hilllard.    H.    W 17 

Hobson,     B.     C 20 

Hobson,    E.    L 20 

Hobson,    James    M 34 

Hobson,    James    M.    Jr.     56 

Hobson,     R.     P 56,     74 

Hobson,    S.    A 56 

Howard.    H.    C 103 

Holloway   Fund    92 

Hopkins.    I.    S 104 

Honorary    degrees    105 

Honored    names    59 

Hosmer,    S.    M 44,    70 

Hosmer,    Loula    52 

Hosmer.    Maria    52 

Howard    College     14 

Huey,    B.    M 27,    71 

Huckabee,     Ed     34 

Hunt,    R.    S 17,    20 

Hurt,    W.    P 101 

Hutchlnson,    W.    T 17,    21 

Improvements    89 

Inge,    R.    Dr 29,    35 

Iota    Phi     Fraternity     82 

Jackson,    R.    H 27,    71 

Johnson,    A 2 

Johnson,    Robert    20 

Johnston,    T.    M 17 

Jones,   A.   C J9.   34 

Jones    Madison    33,    59 

Jones,    R.    R 95 

Jones.    W.     W 3 

Jones,     A.    M 66 

Jordan,    Junlus    70,    103 

Kappa   Alpha   Fraternity    80 

Keener.   J.   C 69 

Keener.    J.    0 41,   44.    61,    73 

Kennedy,     W.     E 2 

Koger,    T.    J 17 

Key.    D.     M 106 

LaGrange   College    13,    1' 

Lamar,    A.    J 46,    59 

Lancaster,    M.    R 2 

Landrum,    L.    D 72 

Lands    20 

Lane,     Charles    105 

Law    29 

Lawson,    Lewis    2 

Lawson   and   Son    3 

Library    16,   63 

Loan    Funds     : ' 

Location    86 

Locke,  W.  H 8 

Locke,   Miss  Annie   62 

Lupton,    N.   T 23,    28,    29,   61,    104 

Lavender,    W.    H 34 

Lewis,    Joslah    85,   104 


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Littleton,   J.   T 106 

Marshall,     B.     F 105 

Martin,    Amanda    92 

McCann,    J.    E 63 

McConnell,    Rosco    88 

McCartha,    C.    L 104 

McCoy,    W.    C 38,    69 

McDuffey,     John     66 

Medicine    29 

Meigs,     S.    C 54,    56 

Melton,    J.    J 20 

Military    20,     27 

Miller,    W.    G 34 

Mitchell,    A.    H 11.    12,    16,    17,    18,    59 

Mitchell,    J.    C 20 

Mitchell,    T.    D 18,    105 

Moore,    A.    H 29,    105 

Moore,    J.    A 38,    54,    62 

Moore,    I.    R 19 

Mooi  e,    J.    Alexander    27,    70 

Moore,   J.    S.    Dr 30,    35,    104 

Moore,     R.    W 20 

Moore,    Syd    20 

Murrah,    Wm.    B 29,    74 

Medals    Founded    96 

Monette,     R.     F 103 

Nabors,    R.    T 74 

Neely,    P.    P 17 

Nelson,    Gideon    E 17,    19,    69 

Nelson,    John    19 

Napier,    J.    W.    S 20 

Opening,    the  first   24,   25 

Oratory     56 

Osborne,   Dr 29 

Otts,    J.    M.    P 105 

Paine,    Bishop    14,    17,    20,    69 

Peck,    Henry    41,    60,    62 

Perry,    Frank    20 

Peterson,   F.   M.,   M.   D...   19,   29,   33,   34.   59 

Peterson,     F.     M.,     Prof 

27,    29.    33,   35,   36,   38,    44.    70 

Peterson,    J.    J 34 

Peterson,    "W.    W 71 

Phi   Delta   Theta   Fraternity    85 

Phi    Kappa    Sigma    66 

Pickens,    Samuel    20 

Plckett,    Margaret,    Miss    58 

Pierce,    Bishop   20,   69 

Pi    Kappa   Alpha  Fraternity    76 

Plant    87 

Polytechnic    Institute     16 

Pool.    J.    H 20 

Powers,    E.    A 34 

Powers,     Jack     34 

Powers,    W.    1 69 

Powers,    W.   W 34 

Presidents   104 

Prizes    101 

Presiding   Elders    10 

Preachers    In    Charge    101 

Program    Semi-Centennial 149 

Porter,    F.    E 64 

Ramsey,     E.     F 71 

Ramsey,    T.    J 17,    101 

Randolph-Macon    1 

Randolph,    T.    B 34,    6( 

Religious   Alms    8,    10,    11,    50 

Reubelt,    J.    A 26,    H 

Requirements  for  admission    123 

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References    (Preface)     7 

Review    and    Bulletin 53 

Robertson,     S 34 

Royal,    Alice    34 

Rush,     C.    A 53 

Ross,    C.    A 54 

Rush,     D.     M 104 

Richardson,     B.     P 105 

Sadler,     Howard     56 

Sigma    Alpha    Epsllon    77 

Salaries 30,   32,   34,   41,   44 

Sanborn,    H.    A 20,    34 

Scarborough,    Mrs.    J.    E 93 

Scholarships    **,    92 

Seay,   Frank   103 

Seay,    Thomas    29,    69,    70 

Sellers,     Geo.     M 11-41 

Semi-Centennial    Exercises    Program      149 

Sessions,     R.     E 56 

Shoaff,    J.    W 44,    105 

Sigma    Chi    Fraternity    7 

Simpson,    J.    D 50 

Sledge,    J.    N 34 

Sledd,    Andrew    63,    105 

Smaw,    W.    R 34 

Smith,     A.     W 105 

Smith,     Luther     50 

Smith,    Dr.    Luther   M 30,    33,    35 

Societies     66 

Soule,    Bishop    20 

Southern    University    Monthly    53 

Speaking    134 

State   Normal   School    15 

Steinhart,    B 34 

Stockton,     D.     D 20 

Stewart,    Chas 20 

Stollenwerck    59 

Stollenwerck,     H.     A 34 

Students,     number     25 

Sturdivant,    J.    F 106 

Summers,   T.    0 27,    29,    104 

Tallman,     J.     A 20 

Taylor,   T.    A 72 

Terrell,    F.    B 66 

Theology    29 


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Trinity   College    14 

Trustees,     Charter    17 

Tucker,    John    S 84 

Turner,    E.    K.     70,    105 

Tutwiler,     Julia,     Miss     58 

Tuition,     Dues,    etc     ... 89 

University    of   Alabama    14 

Urquhart,     H 78 

Verdel,     C.     M 104 

Watson,    W.    C 64 

Wadsworth,    Dr.    E 

13,   15,  17,   22,   23,   26,   60,   61,   104 

Walker,    H.    J 34 

Waller,    Chas.    E 34 

Walton,    J.    W 16,    17,    19 

Walton,   Miss  Willie   54 

War,    Civil    27 

Ward,    E.    B 56 

Ward,    T.    R.,    Dr 20 

Webb,    J.    E 34 

Webb,    J.     H.     Y 19,    33,    34,  59 

Webb,     Samuel    S 20 

Webb,  Dr.  Wm.  T 17,   19 

Webster,     G.     T 34 

Wesley's    School    12 

West's    History     8 

Whitfleld,    N.    L 72 

Wightman,   Wm.   M 22,  25,  26,  28,   59 

Wiggins,     C.     L 93 

Wiley,    Jas.    M 20 

Wilkinson,    Dr.    D.    L 27 

Williams,    J.    H 70 

Williamson,    T.    H 20 

Wills,    J.    C 26,    104 

Winn,     W.     A 20 

Winston,     Gov 18 

Wofford    14 

Wood,     P.      G.     Jr 53 

Wood,     W.     D 34 

Wood,    P.    G 53 

Yale,     14 

Yell,    Clario    67 

Yell,    Belles    Lettres    73 

Y.  M.   C.   A 60 


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